Scipio Africanus Major (l. 236-183 BCE) received his epithet due to his military victories in Africa which won the Second Punic War for Rome against Carthage. He is also known as Scipio the Elder. He was born Publius Cornelius Scipio in 236 BCE. His family was of Etruscan descent and of the Patrician upper class.
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236 BCE - 183 BCELife of Scipio Africanus.
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218 BCEScipio Africanus lands an army at Empuries in northeastern Spain during the Second Punic War.
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216 BCEScipio Africanus' first experience of Hannibal's tactics at the Battle of Cannae.
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211 BCEScipio Africanus lands an army for the second time at Empuries in northeastern Spain during the Second Punic War.
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210 BCE - 207 BCEScipio Africanus conquers Spain for Rome.
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210 BCEPubius Cornelius Scipio Africanus landed in Emporiae with three legions.
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209 BCEScipio Africanus captures the Carthaginian base and treasury Carthago Nova in southern Spain.
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208 BCEScipio Africanus defeats a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal at Baecula in Spain.
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207 BCEBattle of Baecula: Scipio Africanus defeats and kills Hasdrubal.
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206 BCEScipio Africanus wins the battle of Ilipa in Spain.
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204 BCE - 203 BCEScipio Africanus wins two battles and besieges Utica in North Africa.
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204 BCEScipio Africanus sails to North Africa in the Second Punic War.
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203 BCEScipio Africanus attacks the two camps of Syphax and Gisgo in North Africa and destroys their armies.
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203 BCEScipio Africanus defeats a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal in North Africa.
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203 BCEHannibal is recalled from Italy to defend Carthage against Scipio Africanus.
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19 Oct 202 BCEBattle of Zama: Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War.
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185 BCEScipio Africanus retires to his estate in Liternum.
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183 BCEDeath of Scipio Africanus.
