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    Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (185–129 BC), known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was a Roman general and statesman...
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    Sempronia, wife and then widow of Scipio Aemilianus – his adoptive grandson – was alive as late as 102 BC.[citation needed] Scipio was a man of great intellect...
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    (postulated fictional or real) dream vision of the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, set two years before he oversaw the destruction of Carthage in 146...
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    and Gaius Gracchus (died 121 BC), and the wife of a Roman general Scipio Aemilianus. Sempronia was the oldest surviving child and only surviving daughter...
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    contradiction with the policies of his famous father-in-law Scipio Africanus and cousin Scipio Aemilianus. This conservatism led him to order the destruction...
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  • Scipio Aemilianus (Scipio Africanus Aemilianus) (185-129 BC), adoptive grandson of the original Scipio Africanus George Africanus (George John Scipio...
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  • fortune and alliance with the Cornelii Scipiones. He was father to Scipio Aemilianus and another son known as Fabius, who were tutored by Paullus' friend...
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  • Africanus Aemilianus, also known as Scipio Aemilianus, or Scipio Africanus the Younger Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica...
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    campaign suffered repeated setbacks through 149 BC, only alleviated by Scipio Aemilianus, a middle-ranking officer, distinguishing himself several times. A...
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  • the son used the name Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus. Cicero adds that the eldest son of Scipio Africanus had "more ample intellectual culture"...
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    campaign suffered repeated setbacks through 149 BC, only alleviated by Scipio Aemilianus, a middle-ranking officer, distinguishing himself several times. A...
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    Plato's Republic, it takes the form of a Socratic dialogue in which Scipio Aemilianus takes the role of a wise old man. The work examines the type of government...
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    was the daughter of the renowned general Scipio Africanus. His sister Sempronia was the wife of Scipio Aemilianus, another important general and politician...
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    trends. Even in situations where an exceptional candidate such as Scipio Aemilianus attained the consulship early at the age of 36, special legislation...
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  • Circle, or the Circle of Scipio, was a group of philosophers, poets, and politicians patronized by their namesake, Scipio Aemilianus. Together they would...
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    Arpinum, Marius acquired his initial military experience serving with Scipio Aemilianus at the Siege of Numantia in 134 BC. He won election as tribune of...
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    was fought between the forces of the Roman Republic, commanded by Scipio Aemilianus, and the forces of Carthage who were commanded by Diogenes of Carthage...
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    beginning the Han–Xiongnu War Assassination of Tiberius Gracchus. Scipio Aemilianus wins the Siege of Numantia and conquers the Celtiberians. 132 BC:...
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    Modern historians consider Polybius to have treated the relatives of Scipio Aemilianus, his patron and friend, unduly favourably but the consensus is to...
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  • Cornelia's descent from Scipio Aemilianus, scholars attempted to identify the other husband with a possible descendant of Scipio Aemilianus while explaining...
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    was the mother of the Gracchi brothers, and the mother-in-law of Scipio Aemilianus. Cornelia married Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, grandson of Tiberius...
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    Cicero (Chapter VI, 9-29). In Cicero's work, Scipio Africanus appears to his adoptive grandson, Scipio Aemilianus, and reveals him his future destiny, and...
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  • Paullus Macedonicus and Papiria Masonis and the elder brother of Scipio Aemilianus. He was the father of Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus. Fabius...
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    his essay such that the esteemed Cato the Elder was lecturing to Scipio Aemilianus and Gaius Laelius Sapiens. The original title of the work was Cato...
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  • Hellenistic prince being now rejected in favour of a Roman general—possibly Scipio Aemilianus, although there have been other suggestions. The statue was cast using...
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    Punic War, Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, subjugated Numantia, the chief Celtiberian city. In late 135 BC, the Roman Senate reappointed Scipio consul on...
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    Piso avoided conflict with the Numantines. In 134 BC, the Consul Scipio Aemilianus was sent to Hispania Citerior to end the war. He recruited 20,000...
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  • known for his friendship with the Roman general and statesman Scipio Aemilianus (Scipio the Younger) (d. 129 BC). He was consul of 140 BC, elected with...
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    After twenty years of hostilities, in 133 BC the Roman Senate gave Scipio Aemilianus Africanus the task of destroying Numantia. Numantia was an Iron Age...
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  • Look up scipio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scipio may refer to: Scipio Aemilianus, Roman general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC Scipio Africanus...
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