Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus was a Roman general who defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BCE, ending the Second Punic War.
The name appears in historical discussions of military strategy and Roman history: Scipio Africanus is considered one of Rome's greatest commanders.
The cognomen "Africanus" honors his African victories.
Ancient North African battleground
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- cavalryMounted military force
- infantryGround combat troops
encirclement · maniple · legionary · gladius · pilum · phalanx · Numidian cavalry · elephants
Ancient North African battleground
- Punic WarsRome-Carthage military trilogy
- HannibalCarthaginian military commander
- elephantsTusked, trunk-bearing mammals
- Second Punic WarRome-Carthage conflict, elephants
Phoenician · siege · mercenaries · naval power · triremes · treaties · indemnity · Sicily
Legislative governing body
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- tribuneSpeaker's raised platform
- praetorRoman judicial magistrate
proconsul · censor · triumph · imperator · gens · forum · toga · noble
Family name or nickname
- military geniusExceptional strategic commander
- HellenismGreek cultural influence
- Greek cultureCivilization of Athens, Sparta
- PolybiusHellenistic military historian
Livy · historiography · statesman · orator · diplomat · reformer · patron · influence
Zama
Ancient North African battleground
infantry · encirclement · maniple · legionary · gladius · pilum · phalanx · Numidian cavalry · elephants · battlefield
Zama
Ancient North African battleground
- Punic WarsRome-Carthage military trilogy
- HannibalCarthaginian military commander
- elephantsTusked, trunk-bearing mammals
Second Punic War · Phoenician · siege · mercenaries · naval power · triremes · treaties · indemnity · Sicily · Corsica
senate
Legislative governing body
praetor · proconsul · censor · triumph · imperator · gens · forum · toga · noble · aristocracy
cognomen
Family name or nickname
- military geniusExceptional strategic commander
- HellenismGreek cultural influence
- Greek cultureCivilization of Athens, Sparta
Polybius · Livy · historiography · statesman · orator · diplomat · reformer · patron · influence · reputation
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- Ancient RomansJulius Caesar, patricians, consuls, Marcus Aurelius, Nero
- military figuressoldier, general, corporal, private, lieutenant
- military leadersGeorge Washington, Napoleon, generals, general, commander
- Punic WarsHannibal Barca, Hannibal, Carthage, Scipio, Punic Wars
- Roman RepublicansCicero, Caesar, Pompey, Brutus, Cassius
Africa, African, Africans, Afrikaans, Afrikaner, Afrocentrism, Afrocentric