After so long a treaty signed
to bring peace and end the violent times
16 years of total war
Hannibal now departing Latin shores!

Carthage blockaded and starved,
It’s people defying the senate’s charge!
Their conqueror coming back home,
They followed him to their doom!

A Roman ship blown off course
Beached on the Carthaginian coast
It’s hull full of food, begging the starving to seize its loot!

The people had their way
They seized the cargo, breaking the treaty
Back to war with Rome, Hannibal against Scipio!

A showdown on the African plains,
The fields of Zama to be the stage
Both sides bolstered by foreign aid
The battle of the century

4,000 Greek hoplites!
Philip gifting Carthage a great Phalanx

They made the core of Hannibal’s line
But the Numidians were no longer at his side

80 elephants on the charge!
Did nothing to stop the Roman march!
The once feared beasts of war,
The Roman column did ignore

Forward rode the cavalry,
All but the Greeks they did flee,
Bold they made their stand,
Gaining death in foreign land!

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