During the Second Punic War (218-201 BC), in 209 BC, Scipio Africanus waged a campaign to take New Carthage, believed to be impassable. Thanks to his audacity, he achieved the seemingly impossible.

This guaranteed a war with Rome, and a consular army, led by Africanus’ father (another Publius Cornelius Scipio), was en route to Spain when Hannibal wrongfooted everyone with his lightning march ...

A recent study by historian Connor Beattie, published in the Journal of Ancient History, reveals a little-known but crucial ...

According to the traveler Javier Reverte, the Mediterranean has a “mythological and mystical soul, but above all, it has a poetic soul.” As the famous song says, that can be felt “from Algeciras to ...

Most importantly, Scipio won this victory, and earned the title “Africanus,” with the invaluable allied help of the Numidians led by Masinissa. There is a lesson to be learned here.

A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian... A colored engraving from the 19th century depicts the Battle of Zama (202 B.C.) in what is now Tunisia involving a ...

The other, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, son-in-law of the famous Scipio Africanus, did the opposite, stating, “Carthago servanda est” (Carthage must be saved). Both phrases were ...

With a flourish worthy of Scipio Africanus, Pietro Badoglio, Marshal of Italy and Governor of the colonies of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (now known as Italian Libya), reported to II Duce last week ...

Scipio Africanus Jones, commThe exhibit will explore the life of Scipio Africanus Jones, a prominent lawyer in Little Rock during the late 1800s and early 1900 ...

As part of its Black History Month programming, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is honoring Scipio Africanus Jones (1863-1943) — a prominent Black attorney who practiced law in Little Rock in ...