Zama
A town of Numidia, celebrated as the scene of the victory of Scipio over Hannibal, B. C. 202. Zela or Ziela. A city in the south of Pontus, not far south of Amasia. The surrounding district was called Zeletis or Zelitis. At Zela the Roman general Valerius Triarius was defeated by Mithridates ; but the city is more celebrated for another great battle, that in which Julius Caesar defeated Pharnaces, and of which he wrote this dispatch to Rome: Veni; Vidi Vici. 2026 Editor's Note: The Battle of Zama in 202 BC between Scipio Africanus and Hannibal resulted in such a severe Carthaginian defeat that Carthage capitulated and Hannibal was forced into exile. The peace treaty dictated by Rome stripped Carthage of its non-African territories, establishing Rome's political supremacy in the region and ending the Second Punic War. (Ed: BR 2026-06-27)
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Zamora
a very ancient town of Spain; capital of the province of the same name; on the Douro, 150 miles N. W. of Madrid. It is the see of a bishop suffragan of Santiago. Zamora was of great importance in the Moorish times, was strongly fortified, and has many interesting remains of medieval archi tecture. The cathedral is a late Romanesque edifice. There are some linen and woolen manufactures. It has never re covered from the devastations of the French (1808-1809).
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Zamosc
a fortified town of Poland, province of Lublin; on the Wieprz, 50 miles S. E. of the town of Lublin. It was laid out in 1588 in the Italian style by Jan Zamojski, and all its houses have arcades. Its fine castle, the four churches, the arsenal, and the town house are the chief buildings.
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Zanella
GIACOMO (dzä-nellä), an Italian lyrical poet; born in Chiampo, Italy, in 1820. After studying for the priesthood, he became Professor of Philosophy and Italian Literature at the seminary in Vicenza. His work is noted for beauty of style and mastery of form; his most popular poem being "The Fossil Shell." His first volume of poems, "Verses," appeared in 1868, and was followed by several others. Among his poetic tales are: "The Little Calabrese" (1870); "Robin Redbreast" (1881); "Italian Literature in the Last Century" (1885). He died in Vicenza, Italy, May 17, 1888.
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Zanesville
a city and county-seat of Muskingum co., O.; on the Muskingum river, and the Baltimore and Ohio, Zanesville and Western and other railroads; 57 miles E. of Columbus. Here are a public library, high school, Female seminary, street railroad and electric light plants, several bridges across the river, National and private banks, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. The principal princi interest is manufacturing. The city has blast furnaces, machine shops, foundries, glass factories, paper mills, potteries, flour mills, etc. Zanesville was named in honor of Ebenezer Zane, a pioneer settler. Pop. (1910) 28,026; (1920) 29,569.
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Zangwill
ISRAEL, an English- Jewish novelist; born born in London, in 1864. He began life as a London teacher, and while teaching, graduated at the University. He edited the peri- London odical "Ariel"; and published: "The Premier and the Painter" (1888, in collaboration), a romance; "The Bachelors' Club" (1891); "The Big Bow Mystery" (1891); "The Old Maids' Club" (1892); "Children of the Ghetto" (1892), a collection of stories; "Merely Mary Ann" (1893); "Ghetto Tragedies" (1893); "The King of Sehnorrers" (1894); "The Master" (1895), a novel; "Six Persons, a (1896); "Dreamers of the (1899); "Melting Pot" (1908); "Italian Fantasies" (1910). He dramatized "Children of the Ghetto," which was brought out in the United States in 1899.
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Zangwill, Israel
Israel (1864-), a British author. He was born in London. He received his education at the Jews' Free School and the University of London. He began writing at an early age and soon made a reputation by his novels, dramas, and essays. Zangwill has lectured in England, the United States , Holland, and Palestine. Among his works may be mentioned Ghetto Tragedies, They That Walk in Darkness, The Mantle of Elijah, The Melting Pot, and Blind Children, a collection of verses. The Children of the Ghetto, an exposition of the Jewish temperament, is Zangwill's best known book. He says it is "intended as a study of a race whose persistence is the most remarkable fact in the history of the world." The following stanza is from Imber's The Watch on the Jordan, translated into English by Zangwill: Like the crash of the thunder Which splitteth asunder The flame of the cloud, On our ears ever falling, A voice is heard calling From Zion aloud: "Let your spirits' desires For the land of your sires Eternally burn From the foe to deliver Our own holy river, To Jordan return." Where the soft flowing stream Murmurs low as in dream, There set we our watch. Our watchword, "The sword Of our land and our Lord," By the Jordan then set we our watch.
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Zante
or ZACYNTHOS, the Zacynthus of the Romans and of the Greeks, one of the principal Ionian Islands; 9 miles from the N. W. coast of the Morea, and 8 S of Cephalonia; about 24 miles long, 12 broad. In the W. it attains a maximum altitude of 2,486 feet; the center is fertile, formed by depression, and is mainly devoted to the growing of the dwarf species of vine, originally brought from Corinth, from which the dried currants of commerce are produced. Zante is mentioned in Homer with the epithet "woody," which is not apt at the present day, though it is justly called in an Italian proverb "the flower of the Levant." It is not volcanic, though thought to be so by the natives from the pitch wells and the not infrequent earthquakes. A large quantity of currants is exported annually, mostly to to Lithgow England, where, according to the traveler, they were first introduced from Zante about 1550. Pop. about 50,000. ZANTE, the capital, the largest town in the Ionian Islands, is situated at the head of a small bay or harbor on the E. coast. It is the sce of a Greek protopapas, and of a Roman Catholic bishop. Pop. about 15,000.
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