SCIPIO Africanus
236 - 184 BC
Roman General
Publius Cornelius Scipio, The Elder, was a Roman general who fought the Carthagian armies in Spain and defeated them.
Then he invaded Africa from Sicily. This act caused Hannibal to leave Italy and return to Africa to fight Scipio.
In 202 BC Scipio
defeated Hannibal at Zama. Carthage capitulated and had to surrender
her war fleet. For his victory in North Africa Scipio was called
Africanus Major.
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