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Scipio Africanus

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Scipio Af·ri·ca·nus  (f-r-käns), Publius Cornelius Known as "Scipio the Elder." 236?-183? b.c.
Roman general who invaded northern Africa, conquered Carthage, and brought the Second Punic War to an end by defeating Hannibal at Zama (202).
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Noun1.Scipio AfricanusScipio Africanus - Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio, Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio the Elder


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As was Scipio Africanus, of whom Livy saith in effect, Ultima primis cedebant.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Not long since I read his epitaph in the old Lincoln burying-ground, a little on one side, near the unmarked graves of some British grenadiers who fell in the retreat from Concord -- where he is styled "Sippio Brister" -- Scipio Africanus he had some title to be called -- "a man of color," as if he were discolored.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
, laughing; "the greatest captains of antiquity amused themselves by casting pebbles into the ocean -- see Plutarch's life of Scipio Africanus.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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