- Both Saguntum and New Carthage were looted after being captured, though Scipio let the inhabitants of New Carthage keep their personal possessions.
- Hannibal was barbaric and cruel to the inhabitants of Saguntum, killing many, while Scipio treated the people of New Carthage and the slave girl with kindness and respect.
- Scipio's humane treatment of captives was a stark contrast to Hannibal's brutality, and each general would not have understood the other's