SCIPIO AFRICANUS THE YOUNGER

born 185/184 BC died 129 BC, Rome also called Scipio Aemelianus, Latin Scipio Africanus Minor, in full Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus Roman general famed both for his exploits during the Third Punic War (149146 BC) and for his subjugation of Spain (134133 BC). He received the name Africanus and a triumph in Rome after his destruction of Carthage (146 BC). He received the name Numantinus for his reduction of Spanish Numantia (133 BC). Additional reading The main ancient sources for Scipio Aemilianus are Polybius XXXI-XXXIX, Appian, Punica 98ff., and Hispanica 84ff. For fragments of Scipio's speeches, see H. Malcovati, Oratorum Romanorum Fragmenta, 2nd ed. (1955). The standard work is A.E. Astin, Scipio Aemilianus (1967). See also, for Scipio's politics, H.H. Scullard, Scipio Aemilianus and Roman Politics, Journal of Roman Studies, 50:5974 (1960).