Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus Scipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in the public memory, due mostly to…
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Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in the public memory, due mostly to his daring march through the Alps with his elephants. As commander he never lost a battle.
By nineteen Scipio was the equivalent of a staff colonel and in 210 B.C. At the Battle of the Ticinus, Hannibal's initial encounter with Roman arms, young Scipio first tasted warfare, rescuing his dangerously wounded, encircled father, who was also the Roman commander. he was placed in supreme command.
In three years he destroyed Carthaginian power in Spain and, after being made consul, took his forces to Africa, where he conquered Carthage's great ally, Syphax. Two years later he clashed with Hannibal himself, annihilating his army in the decisive Battle of Zama. For this triumph and his other exploits in the Punic
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