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Scipio Africanus Major

Scipio Africanus Major was born in 236 B.C. He later became a Roman General and the conqueror of Hannibal in the Punic wars. Scipio was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio and considered himself to have divine inspiration from a very early age. He was with his father in Ticino when he was 18, and survived the fight at Cannae in 216 B.C. Scipio was elected proconsul in Spain in 211 B.C.Cartagena was conquered two years later and he used the city as his base. He subdued Spain within a few years. As a 31-year-old consul in 205 B.C., Africa was his intended destination, but his jealous enemies in the senate allowed him to go as far as Sicily and did not grant him an army. Scipio trained a volunteer army in Sicily and a year later received permission to go to Africa and fought successfully alongside his allies, the Numidians, against the Carthaginians. When Scipio was 34, Hannibal tried to make peace, but Scipio’s demands were so extreme, that a war took place. Scipio defeated Hannibal at Zama that year, returned home in triumph, and retired from public life. He was named Africanus after his vanquished country. His pride heated the hatred of his enemies, especially Cato the Elder, who accused Scipio’s family of receiving bribes in the campaign against Antiochus III the Great in which Scipio accompanied his brother in 190 B.C. Scipio was saved from ruin only by the influence of his brother, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. He retired in the country and demanded that his body would be buried away from his ungrateful city. Later he revealed his great magnanimity by attempting to prevent the ruin of the exiled Hannibal by Rome. Scipio died at age 53 in 183 B.C The bust of Hannibal Barca Hannibal (247 BC – 183/182 BC; sometimes referred to as HÇŽnnibal Barca) was a Carthaginian politician and statesman who is considered to be one of the finest military generals in history. ... Publius Cornelius Scipio (died 211 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. ... Canton Ticino or Ticino (German: (help· info)) is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. ... Cannae (mod. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... Sicilian redirects here. ... The Numidians were tribes who lived in Algeria east of Constantine and in part of Tunisia. ... This article is about the ancient city-state of Carthage in North Africa. ... Zama is: Zama, Kanagawa, a city of Kanagawa prefecture, Japan A former name of Tulum, Mexico The Battle of Zama This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Antiochus III the Great, (c. ... Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (Latin: TI·SEMPRONIVS·TI·F·P·N·GRACCVS) (163 BC-132 BC) was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC. In his short life he caused a political turmoil in the Republic, by his attempts, as plebeian tribune, to legislate agrarian reforms. ...

Author: Tiffany Patterson

Date created: April 15, 2006

Last updated: April 24, 2006