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Carthaginian general — who crossed the Alps with war elephants, invaded Italy, and inflicted the worst defeats in Roman history (Trebia, Lake Trasimene, Cannae — 70,000 Romans killed at Cannae alone) — yet ultimately failed to conquer Rome and was defeated by Scipio Africanus at Zama.
Roman general who defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama (202 BC) — ending the Second Punic War and making Rome the undisputed master of the Mediterranean — arguably the greatest Roman general before Caesar.