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Battle of Zama, Cuban Missile Crisis & Cape Trafalgar | Oct 19–23
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From Hannibal's defeat at Zama to JFK's Cuban Missile Crisis address, this week in history delivered world-altering moments across 2,000 years. We also cover Trafalgar, Jackie Robinson's signing, the Sydney Opera House opening, and more.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
On October nineteenth, two hundred two BC, near Zama in North Africa, two of the ancient world's greatest generals met on a dusty plain for the battle that would decide the fate of the Mediterranean. Roman legions under Scipio Africanus faced the legendary Carthaginian commander Hannibal Barca, the man who had terrorized Rome for more than a decade.
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