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Scipio Aemilianus

Scipio Aemilianus

185 BC –129 BC

Politician, Military personnel, Author, Military leader

Lived 56 years

Born in
Ancient Rome
Passed away in
Rome

Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (185 BC – 129 BC), 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.

Awards: Roman triumph

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Aemilianus