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The Battle of Zama

Zama, North Africa · 202 BC

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Framed print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included

Hanging print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
  • Sizes: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Medium: Fine art paper
  • Style: Military plate
  • Era: Punic Wars
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The Battle of Zama: an illustration of the Battle of Zama as a battle plan: Hannibal's three lines and elephants, Scipio's maniples with open lanes
The Battle of Zama202 BC
Zama, North Africa · 202 BC

Lanes for the Elephants

The Battle of Zama, fought in 202 BC in what is now Tunisia, ended the Second Punic War. Hannibal, recalled from Italy to defend Carthage, faced Publius Cornelius Scipio, the Roman general who had carried the war to Africa. Polybius describes the battle in Book XV of his Histories.

Hannibal put more than 80 elephants in front, then a first line of mercenaries, a second of African and Carthaginian troops, and, held well back, the veterans who had fought with him in Italy. Scipio drew up his hastati, principes and triarii as usual, but placed each maniple directly behind the one in front instead of covering its gap, so that open lanes ran through the army. His light-armed velites filled the lanes. Gaius Laelius led the Italian cavalry on the left, and the Numidian prince Masinissa his horsemen on the right. Panicked by trumpets and missiles, many elephants ran harmlessly through the lanes or out to the wings. The infantry fight was long and hard, and the return of Laelius and Masinissa against Hannibal's rear decided it.

The piece

The plate is laid out on aged paper, Carthaginians in blue at the top, Romans in red below. The eye follows the blue dashed arrows straight down the lanes, past rows of small red blocks, and out behind the army. On either side, long red arrows climb the margins and curl back into Hannibal's veterans.

Materia · The materials

Fine art paper, framed or hung.

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Pine frame

Black, dark wood or natural wood, FSC-certified. Framed prints arrive framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included.

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Fine art paper

Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.

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Shatterproof plexiglass

Protects the print in transit and on the wall.

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Magnetic wooden hanger

Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.

Size guide

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This piece, to scale, above an 84-inch sofa. Pick a size, or a format and frame above, and the wall follows.

The Battle of Zama: an illustration of the Battle of Zama as a battle plan: Hannibal's three lines and elephants, Scipio's maniples with open lanes
Sofa · 84″ / 213 cm

Which size?

Sizes are the artwork's. Frames and hangers add a little around the edge.

Above a sofa or bed, art looks best at about two-thirds of the furniture's width, hung 8 to 10 inches above it.