Scipio Africanus the Elder

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English - February 28, 2018 22:10 - 10 minutes - 15.4 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Scipio Africanus Major (236-183 BCE) received his epithet due to his military victories in Africa which won the Second Punic War for Rome against Carthage. He is also known as Scipio the Elder. He was born Publius Cornelius Scipio in 236 BCE. His family was of Etruscan descent and of the Patrician upper class.