SCIPIO Africanus 235 - 183 BC Roman General Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, 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 the final battle of the Second Punic War 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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