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About Scipio Aemilianus
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was a Roman general and statesman noted for his military exploits in the Third Punic War against Carthage and during the Numantine War in Spain. He oversaw the final defeat and destruction of the city of Carthage. He was a prominent patron of writers and philosophers, the most famous of whom was the Greek historian Polybius. In politics, he opposed the populist reform program of his murdered brother-in-law, Tiberius Gracchus.
Everything about Scipio Aemilianus →- Occupation
- politician, military personnel, author, military leader
- Position held
- Roman censor, ancient Roman senator, Roman consul, Roman consul
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Born
- 185 BC
- Died
- 129 BC