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Scipio, P. Cornelius, the Elder
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Surnamed Africanus Major, a celebrated Roman general; was present at the engagement near the Tacinus and at Cannæ; was appointed proconsul of Spain at the age of 24, and made himself master of nearly the whole of it against the Carthaginians; on his return to Rome was made consul; transferred the seat of war against Carthage to Africa, and landed at Utica; met Hannibal on the field of Zama, and totally defeated him, and ended the Second Punic War in 202 B.C. (234-183 B.C.).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Scipio, P. Cornelius, the Elder'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/scipio-p-cornelius-the-elder.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Scipio, P. Cornelius, the Elder'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/scipio-p-cornelius-the-elder.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
