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Scipio Africanus was born as Publius Cornelius Scipio in 236 BC to his then-homonymous father and Pomponia into the family of the Cornelii Scipiones. [2] His family was one of the major still-extant patrician families and had held multiple consulships within living memory: his great-grandfather Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and grandfather Lucius Cornelius Scipio had both been consuls and ...
The Battle of Ilipa (/ ˈ ɪ l ɪ p ə /) was an engagement considered by many as Scipio Africanus’s most brilliant victory in his military career during the Second Punic War in 206 BC. It may have taken place on a plain east of Alcalá del Río , Seville , Spain , near the village of Esquivel, the site of the Carthaginian camp.
The grave of Scipio Africanus, Henbury, Bristol, England Scipio Africanus (c. 1702 – 21 December 1720) was a former slave born to unknown parents from West Africa.He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236/235–183 BC), the famous Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal.
Battle of Hannibal and Scipio (Alexander's victory over Poros), by Ignaz Elhafen, Warsaw Royal Castle. Publius Cornelius Scipio (died 211 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic and the father of Scipio Africanus. A member of the Cornelia gens, Scipio served as consul in 218 BC, the first year of the Second Punic War. [1]
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (185 BC – 129 BC), known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was a Roman general and statesman noted for his military exploits in the Third Punic War against Carthage and during the Numantine War in Spain. He oversaw the final defeat and destruction of the city of Carthage.
The Arch of Scipio (Latin: Fornix Scipionis) was an ancient Roman arch located atop the Capitoline Hill. Completed in 190 BCE by Scipio Africanus immediately prior to his departure for the Roman–Seleucid War , the arch commemorated his victory over Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 201 BCE.
Publius Cornelius Maluginensis Scipio (consular tribune 395 BC) Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina (c. 260 BC–after 211 BC), consul in 221 BC; Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC) (d. 211 BC) Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, also known as Scipio Africanus; Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus), a historian
Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva (alt. Scipio Liberating Massiva) is a painting depicting a scene from ancient Roman history by the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (alt. Giambattista Tiepolo), painted between 1719 and 1721. [1]