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==References == | <p> [[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.). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:59, 15 October 2021
P. Cornelius Scipio The Elder [1]
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.).
