What is 202 BC?
{{Year nav|-202}} ==Events== * [[Hasdrubal Gisco]] commits suicide to avoid being lynched by a Carthaginian mob. * [[October 19]] — The [[Battle of Zama]] ends the [[Second Punic War]] and largely destroys the power of Carthage. Roman and [[Numidia]]n forces under the laedership of the Roman general [[Scipio Africanus|Publius Cornelius Scipio]] and his Numidian ally, [[Masinissa]], defeat a combined army of Carthaginians and their Numidian allies under the command of [[Hannibal]] and forces Carthage to capitulate. Hannibal loses 20,000 men in the defeat, but he is able to escape Masinissa's pursuit. {{births}} {{deaths}} [[Category:200s BC]]