Editing Battle of Zama (section)

===Casualties===

Polybius states that 20,000 Carthaginians were killed and as many again taken prisoner, which accounts for the entire Carthaginian army. He gives Roman losses as 1,500 killed. This is five per cent or more of their total force; Goldsworthy considers this fatality rate "a substantial loss for a victorious army, testimony to the hard fighting" and that the battle as a whole was "a slogging match". The number of wounded is not known, although the ancient sources refer to many wounded Roman soldiers being carried to the rear during the pause before the final engagement.{{sfn|Goldsworthy|2006|pp=306–307}}{{sfn|Goldsworthy|2004|p=76}} At least 11 Carthaginian elephants survived the battle to be captured by the Romans.{{sfn|Carey|2007|p=125}} 

Hannibal and his companions reached the main Carthaginian base at Hadrumetum, where they mustered 6,000 infantry and 500 cavalry. Hannibal considered this too few with which to continue the war and advised the Carthaginian Senate to make peace on whatever terms they could.{{sfn|Taylor|2019|pp=326–327}}