ID: 901002594 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002594	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Siege of Zama (Algerian-Roman event)

Note: Part of the Jugurthine War; in Numidia, occupation of the Zama (Algeria, modern Tunisia) by the Roman army commanded by Quintus Caecilius Metellus in early 2nd century BCE.

Display Date: 109 BCE

Names:

	Siege of Zama (Algerian-Roman event) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Assedio di Zama (Algerian-Roman event) (Italian-P)
	Assedio di Zama (Algerian-Roman event) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<African history> (P)
		........Siege of Zama (Algerian-Roman event) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... siege
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Roman Empire
	.....(Roman (ancient Italian culture or period), Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Zama
	.....(Siliana, Tunisia, Africa) (TGN)

Sources:

	Siege of Zama (Algerian-Roman event)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Assedio di Zama (Algerian-Roman event)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ ICCD database (1988-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)