Scipio Aemilianus
185 BCE – 129 BCE · aged 56
Roman politician and general (185–129 BC)
- Born
- 185 BCE · Ancient Rome
- Died
- 129 BCE · Rome
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- 185 BCEBornBorn in Ancient Rome
- 151 BCE – 148 BCERoleMilitary tribune
- 147 BCERoleRoman consul
- 146 BCERoleProconsul
- 142 BCERoleRoman censor
- 134 BCERoleRoman consul
- 133 BCE – 132 BCERoleProconsul
- 129 BCEDiedDied in Rome
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Biography
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.
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