This Carthaginian's final significant battlefield defeat was against Scipio's forces in Zama in 202 B.C.
Finally, The battle turned in Scipio's favor as the Roman 
cavalry returned to the battlefield and ... Battle of Zama, final phase [DOC] [TLE] Rome's Craftiest General: Scipio Africanus | HistoryNet [PAR] Jun 8, 2007 ... Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus learned the art of war in the hardest ... Italy on 
Rome's first engagement against the Carthaginian military genius at the Ticinus 
River.