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Definition of Scipio Africanus Major
1. Noun. Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC).
Generic synonyms: Full General, General
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scipio Africanus Major
Literary usage of Scipio Africanus Major
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius (ca. 234-185 BC), Roman soldier and
statesman; saves his father's life, 5, 249; tribune in the army, B, 257; ..."
2. A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Jackson Toynbee (1898)
"Scipio Africanus Major, and his grandson by adoption, Scipio Africanus Minor;
Italy the land of the illustrious Scipios, Epist. viii. 10. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Jackson Toynbee (1898)
"Scipiones, the Scipios, ie Scipio Africanus Major, and his grandson by adoption,
Scipio Africanus Minor; Italy the land of the illustrious Scipios, ..."
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