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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus was a Roman general and statesman who was one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Carthage in the Second Punic War. Often regarded as one of the greatest military commanders and strategists of all time, his crowning achievement was the defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, which earned him the honorific epithet Africanus.
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politics · Roman general and politician (236/235 – c. 183 BC) · politician · military personnel · genealogist · military leader · also Scipio Africanus, Scipio the Great, Scipio the African, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio Africanus the Elder
Born 235 BC · Died 183 BC · Q2253
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Luigi Magni scripted and directed the movie Scipione, detto anche l'Africano (Scipio, aka "the African"), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano and Woody Strode, in which the historical events
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