Scipio
The name of a celebrated family at Rome, the most conspicuous of which was Publius Cornelius, afterward called Africanus. He was the son of Publius Scipio, and commanded an army against the Carthaginians.
After obtaining some victories, he encountered Hannibal at the famous battle of Zama, in which he obtained a decisive victory. He died about 184 years before Christ, in his forty-eighth year.
Scipio, Lucius Cornelius (surnamed Asiaticus).
He accompanied his brother Africanus in his expedition in Africa. He was made consul A. U. C. 562, and sent to attack Antiochus, king of Syria, whom he completely routed.
He was accused of receiving bribes of Antiochus, and was condemned to pay large fines, which reduced him to poverty.
Scipio, P. Aemilianus. Called Africanus the younger. He finished the war with Carthage, the total submission of which occurred B. C. 147. The captive city was set on fire, and Scipio is said to have wept bitterly over the melancholy scene. On his return to Rome he was appointed to conclude the war against Numantia, the fall of which soon occurred, and Scipio had Numantinus added to his name. He was found dead in his bed, and was presumed to have been strangled, в. c. 128.