Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, 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 agai
The so-called "Hellenistic Prince", tentatively identified as Scipio Aemilianus
Scipio Aemilianus cramming himself for a speech after a hearty supper. Image by John Leech from The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett.
Scipio at the deathbed of Masinissa
The Hellenistic Prince, a bronze statue made by a Greek artist in Rome, possibly depicting Scipio Aemilianus.
The Third Punic War was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between Carthage and Rome. The war was fought entirely within Carthaginian territory, in what is now northern Tunisia. When the Seco
Scipio Aemilianus
…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…
A silver double shekel from Carthage's last minting of coins before its destruction
Catapulta by Edward Poynter, 1868; modern depiction of a Roman siege engine during the siege of Carthage
Arrowheads, remains of a dagger and stones for slings exhibited at the National Museum of Carthage
A World War II United States Army Air Forces aerial reconnaissance photograph of the remains of the naval base of the city of Carthage. The remains of the mercantile harbour are in the centre and those of the military harbour are bottom right. (North is to the bottom-right)