Scipio Aemilianus

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus
Male head of a bronze statue
The so-called "Hellenistic Prince", tentatively identified as Scipio Aemilianus[1]
Born185 BC
Died129 BC (aged 55–56)
NationalityRoman
Occupation(s)General and statesman
OfficeConsul (147, 134 BC)
SpouseSempronia
RelativesLucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (father)
Scipio Africanus (adoptive grandfather)
Ti. Gracchus (brother-in-law)
Military career
RankProconsul
WarsThird Punic War
Battle of the Port of Carthage
Second Battle of Nepheris
Siege of Carthage
Numantine War
Siege of Numantia
AwardsMural Crown
Grass Crown
2 Roman triumphs

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus 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 of writers and philosophers, the most famous of whom was the Greek historian Polybius. In politics, he opposed the populist reform program of his murdered brother-in-law, Tiberius Gracchus.

  1. ^ Coarelli p. 187