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Scipio Africanus

noun
1.
Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC).  Synonyms: Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio, Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio the Elder.






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"Scipio Africanus" Quotes from Famous Books



... the morning of the nineteenth of May of the same year. Her chaste and beautiful form was laid in the Church of the Franciscans, the evening of the day she died. I am persuaded that her soul returned, as Seneca says of Scipio Africanus, to the heaven whence it came. I have experienced a certain satisfaction in writing this bitter record of a cruel event, especially in this place, where I may see it often, for so may I be led to reflect that life can afford me no ...
— Women of the Romance Countries • John R. Effinger



Words linked to "Scipio Africanus" :   full general, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius Scipio, general



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