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Zama Regia
Zama
also: Zama
A great walled Numidian city in the plain, a citadel of the kingdom; Metellus besieged it in vain through the campaigning season. (Distinct from the field of Scipio's victory over Hannibal.)
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §56 Zama
A great walled city in the Numidian plain, a citadel of the kingdom, which Metellus besieged without success; not the Zama of Scipio's victory over Hannibal.