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  Scipio - LoveToKnow 1911
Scipio, on landing at the mouth of the Ebro, was thus enabled to surprise and capture New Carthage, the headquarters of the Carthaginian power in Spain.
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, the younger (185-129 B.C.), was the younger son of L. Aemilius Paullus, the conqueror of Macedonia.
Scipio himself, though not in sympathy with the extreme conservative party, was decidedly opposed to the schemes of the Gracchi (whose sister Sempronia was his wife).
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 Scipio Aemilianus Africanus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus (185 - 129 BC) was a leading general and politician of the ancient Roman Republic.
In the early operations of the war, which went altogether against the Romans, Scipio Aemilianus, though a subordinate officer, distinguished himself repeatedly, and in 147 he was elected consul, while yet under the legal age, in order that he might hold the supreme command.
Scipio Aemilianus himself, though not in sympathy with the extreme conservative party, was decidedly opposed to the schemes of the Gracchi (whose sister Sempronia was his wife).
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 Scipio Africanus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scipio (L., rod or staff) was born in 236 BC in Rome into the Scipio branch of the Cornelii family.
Scipio was the elder son of Publius Cornelius Scipio, praetor and consul, by his wife Pomponia, who was apparently of a prominently knightly and plebian family.
The elder Cornelia married her second cousin Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum (son of the consul of 191 BC who was himself son of Scipio's elder paternal uncle Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus).
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 P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor (185/4-129 B.C.)
Scipio was the second son of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, hero of the Third Macedonian War and son of the consul (of the same name) who fell at the Battle of Cannae in 216.
No doubt Scipio was oppressed by the thought of the responsibility that he would have on becoming the head of the great house of the Scipios (it is uncertain when his adoptive father, Publius Scipio, died) as well as in representing the Aemilii.
Scipio took with him to Spain a number of volunteers and a corps of 500 friends and dependents as a kind of bodyguard (an embryonic praetorian cohort): these were perhaps all the more necessary because his first task was to rediscipline the Roman troops in Spain, who were in a shocking state.
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 Scipio Africanus Minor: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
On his return to Rome he openly rejoiced at the murder of his adoptive cousin and own brother-in-law, Tiberius Gracchus (Scipio's wife, Sempronia, was sister of the Gracchi), and led the conservatives in attempting to destroy the Gracchan reforms.
Scipio Africanus was well aware of the insatiability and faithlessness of Numidians in matters both human and divine (14.1.4 5...
Scipio, the Roman who was most acutely...of this danger, was known as Africanus, the African, not because he...medieval Europe, slavery was of minor importance there, far less...
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Scipio
Scipio Africanus Major SCIPIO AFRICANUS MAJOR [Scipio Africanus Major] (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus), 236-183 BC, Roman general, the conqueror of Hannibal in the Punic Wars.
He was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio, and from a very early age he considered himself to have divine inspiration.
Scipio SCIPIO [Scipio], ancient Roman family of the Cornelian gens.
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Publius was second in command of the Roman Army under Marcus Turius Camillus.
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major had one sons; Publius Cornelius Scipio who would inevitably infuriated Rome and be expelled from the Senate.
Although Scipio Aemilianus publicly 'condoned' the murder, he was spared from complicity because he had not yet returned from Spain.
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 Scipio: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Publius was the father of the conqueror of Hannibal, Scipio Africanus Major.
Africanus Major's wife was the sister of Aemilius Paullus, his daughter Cornelia was the mother of the Gracchi, and his eldest son was the adoptive father of Scipio Africanus Minor.
Scipio, too, hears the music of the spheres...hover the souls of the dead, among whom Scipio recognizes his own ancestors, and he is...
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 Scipio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Scipio was built between 1880 and 1882 by William Denny and Bros., Dumbarton, Scotland, as the iron steamship, Ravenna.
Renamed Scipio, she was abandoned at sea for unknown causes and was salvaged by George P. Walford, who sold her to the Navy on 5 May 1898.
Scipio was retained in ordinary at the New York Navy Yard until surveyed on 31 March 1899 for disposal.
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 The Scipio Legacy
Cornelius Scipio was born 236 BC (518 AUC by Roman reckoning) to a father of the same name.
Cornelius Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus (the younger) was born in 185 BC to Lucius Aemilius Paullus.
Scipio Aemilianus publicly condoned the murder, and even though he had not yet returned from Spain, he was often credited with the deed.
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 Cornelia20   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major had only one sons; Publius Cornelius Scipio  who would inevitably infuriated Rome and be expelled from the Senate.
Although Scipio Aemilianus publicly 'condoned' the murder, he was spared from complicity simply because he had not yet returned from Spain.
The Scipios are a lesser clan within the larger clan of the Cornelii, thus his middle name of Cornelius.
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 History of the Hellenistic and Roman World
Scipio's grandson by adoption, the son of Lucius Aemilius Paullus, was Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantius.
Scipio's younger daughter Cornelia was the mother of the Grachii brothers, whose actions were to irrevocably change the face of Roman politics.
Scipio Aemilianus who had been loudly critical of Tiberius would similarly die shortly after, allegedly poisoned by his wife Sempronia, daughter of the younger Cornelia and sister to the Gracchii.
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 Roman Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Spain, a young Roman commander, Publius Cornelius Scipio (later to be given the cognomen Africanus because of his feats during this war), eventually defeated the Carthaginian forces under Hasdrubal.
Scipio Aemilianus besieged the city for three years before he breached the walls, sacked the city, and burned Carthage to the ground.
Returning to Rome a military hero, Marius arrived to deal with the aftermath of the disaster of the Battle of Arausio in 105 BC, and the fact that Roman territory was now open to invasion from migrating Cimbri and Teutoni tribes.
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 Search Results for "Scipio ... Minor"
Scipio Africanus Minor, (Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus), c.185-129 B.C., Roman general, destroyer of Carthage.
Scipio Africanus Minor at Numantia and under Quintus Metellus against Jugurtha.
...Roman general, consul in 190 B.C. He was the intimate friend and companion of Scipio Africanus Major from youth, and he held command under him in numerous campaigns....
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Festus
After he had been conquered in Asia at Magnesia by the consul Scipio, brother of Scipio Africanus, when a peace had been agreed upon, he was allowed to reign beyond the Taurus.
Gallienus, Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus, VIII.2; XXII.1, 2.
Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus the Elder, XII.2.
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 Search Results for "Scipio"
Scipio Africanus Major, (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus) (sip´eo afrika´ns) (KEY), 236-183 B.C., Roman general, the conqueror of Hannibal in the Punic Wars....
Scipio, (sip´eo) (KEY), ancient Roman family of the Cornelian gens.
...With them the trumpet sounded, from them the word was taken; they sat upon the tribunal of Scipio, upon whom the lictor attended; for them the crowd was cleared away...
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 Roman Empire -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Also known as Publius Aelius Hadrianus, the Emperor Hadrian was born to Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afre and Domitia Paulina of Gades, in Spain or Rome.
Pliny (his birth name was Publius Caecilius Secundus; his adoptive name was Gaius Plinius Caecilius) was born in Novum Comum and studied in Rome under Quintilian, where he was a brilliant student.
Scipio was born Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus, the son of Lucius Aemilianus Pallus, but was adopted by a relative, Scipio Africanus Major, when he was 16.
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 Scipio Africanus Minor
Scipio Africanus Minor (Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus), c.185–129 B.C., Roman general, destroyer of Carthage.
Carthage, ancient city, N Africa: The Punic Wars and the Decline of Carthage - The Punic Wars and the Decline of Carthage In the 3d cent.
Scipio - Scipio, ancient Roman family of the Cornelian gens.
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 Scipio Africanus the Younger - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Scipio Africanus the Younger, full Latin name Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus (c.
Between 143 bc and 146 bc Rome was also involved the Third Punic War.
Scipio Africanus the Younger brought it to an end with the capture and...
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 Learn more about List of ancient Romans in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Lucius Cornelius Scipio - two; consul and son of Scipio Africanus
Publius Cornelius Scipio - two; father and son of Scipio Africanus
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor - general, victor at the Third Punic War
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 Scipio - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, famous general, defeated Hannibal of Carthage at Zama
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio, consul 111 BC
In the French animated series Code Lyoko, the password to enter Carthage, or sector five is Scipio.
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 Democracy 2000+ years ago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Scipio Africanus then salted the city of Carthage, so that no crops would grow there, and the city could never be rebuilt.
Scipio Africanus did not salt, or even destroy, the city of Carthage.
The first Africanus is sometimes called Africanus Maior (the Elder) to distinguish him from his grandson by adoption, Africanus Minor (the Younger).
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 Scipio Africanus Minor - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
the 1400s and joined Scipio's entourage, and may have accompanied Scipio on an embassy to the...
the Romans put a single commander, Scipio Africanus, in charge of their armies that they...
Scipio, the Roman who was most acutely and vocally aware of this danger, was known as...
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 BookRags: Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Minor Biography
Publius Cornelius Aemilianus Scipio Africanus Minor (ca.185-129 BC) was a Roman official and general in Africa and Spain.He was also the brilliant leader of the so-called Scipionic Circle, a group of pro-Hellenic philosophers, poets, and politicians.
After the death of King Masinissa in 148, Scipio settled the succession to the Numidian kingdom by dividing it among the King's sons.
Returning to Rome to stand for the aedileship, Scipio was elected consul instead.The vote of the people exempted him from the laws on legal age and granted him the command against Carthage without the lot.
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 Scipio - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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In music, the march from the opera Scipio by George Frideric Handel is the regimental slow march of the British Grenadier Guards.
You can find it there under the keyword Scipio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scipioandaction=history).
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 Scipio Africanus Minor - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
Scipio Africanus Minor (Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus), c.185-129 &BC;, Roman general, destroyer of Carthage.
He was adopted by the eldest son of Scipio Africanus Major (see under Scipio
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 NUBIAN/NUBIA/AFRICA/EGYPT/GOD/AMON/AMEM/EUROPA/ISIS/HIEROGLYPHIC.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
typical name of a Roman General, full name : Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus-Minor of the Romans, (185 to 129 B.C.) was the adopted grand son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (senior), who was a Roman Major (237 to 183 B.C.).
When Hannibal of Carthage (247 to 183 B.C.) crossed the Alps of Europe and invaded the Romans, in retaliation Scipio Aemilianus Africanus-Minor of the Romans invaded and destroyed Hannibal's Carthage in 146 B.C., 37-years after Hannibal's death.
A Nubian may be a Subject of the Romans or a subject of Scipio Africanus when claimed to be an African.
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