Historical place profile
Zama Regia/Zama *Maior
Zama Regia/Zama *Maior in Africa Proconsularis was the site of the Battle of Zama on October 19, 202 B.C., at the close of the Second Punic War fought between Rome and Carthage.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:315267
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:315267
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.111655, 9.285991
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Zama Regia/Zama *Maior in Africa Proconsularis was the site of the Battle of Zama on October 19, 202 B.C., at the close of the Second Punic War fought between Rome and Carthage.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 32 D4 Zama Regia/Zama *Maior
Source and reuse
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Research path
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