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Name: Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
Birth Date: 236 B.C.
Death Date: 184 B.C.
Nationality: Roman
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician

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Biography of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major (236-184 BC) was a Roman official during the Second Punic War. He defeated Hannibal in the Battle of Zama and was a champion of both Roman imperialism and the enlightened pro-Hellenic spirit of a new age. Scipio...


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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major ( 236 – 183 BC ) was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic . He was best known for defeating Hannibal of Carthage , a feat that earned him the agnomen Africanus, the nickname...


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Scipio Africanus (The Elder)
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(born 236—died 183 &BC;, Liternum, Campania) Roman general in the Second Punic War. He was born into a patrician family that had produced several consuls. As a military tribune, he fought at the Battle of Cannae (216), managing to escape from the...
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major (Latin: P·CORNELIVS·P·F·L·N·SCIPIO·AFRICANVS¹) (236–183 BC) was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic. He was best known for defeating Hannibal of Carthage, a feat...


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Scipio Africanus: The Man Who Defeated Hannibal. (book reviews)
03/30/1998: 210 words, approx. 1 pages
SCIPIO AFRICANUS: The Man Who Defeated Hannibal Ross Leckie. Regnery, $19.95 (298p) ISBN 0-89526-412-9 The disappointing second volume in Edinburgh writer Leckie's projected trilogy about the fall of Carthage and the rise of Rome charts the life of Publius Cornelius Scipio (236-182...
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Musical Times
In black and white: Pizzetti, Mussolini and Scipio Africanus
07/01/2004: 9,396 words, approx. 31 pages
IT WAS EARLY IN 1958 WHEN I SAW ILDEBRANDO PlZZETTI. The famous cellist Enrico Mainardi and pianist Carlo Zecchi were to play sonatas by Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms at the SaIa dei Concert! of the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome. Both artists...
 


 

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