Scipio Africanus (slave)
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Scipio Africanus was a former slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the famous Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian military lea
The grave of Scipio Africanus, Henbury, Bristol, England
A general view of the grave of Scipio
Scipio Africanus
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus was a Roman general and statesman who was one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Carthage in the Second Punic War. Often regarded as one of the greates
Scipio Africanus (slave)
…Scipio Africanus (c. 1702 – 21 December 1720) was a former slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236/235–183 BC), the famous Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal. Very little is known of Africanus' life. He was a…
Bust likely of Scipio Africanus (formerly identified as Sulla)
A Carthaginian coin depicting Hasdrubal Barca (245–207 BC), one of Hannibal's younger brothers, wearing a diadem
Bronze bust dated mid-first century BC, formerly identified as Scipio Africanus, now thought to portray a priest of Isis
Antiochus sends his son to Scipio. Painting by Jean-Pierre Granger (c. 1800).