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Scipio Africanus

Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
Person human Q2253

Facts

35 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[27]
Date of birth
235 BC
Date of death
183 BC
Place of birth
Ancient Rome
Place of death
Liternum
Country of citizenship
Ancient Rome[17]
Occupation
politician, military personnel, Traditional genealogist, military leader
Field of work
politics, military affairs[18][19]
Position held
military tribune, aedile, salian priest, proconsul, Roman consul, proconsul, Roman censor, Roman consul, legatus[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Father
Publius Cornelius Scipio[9]
Mother
Pomponia[10]
Spouse
Aemilia Tertia[11]
Child
Cornelia, Lucius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Cornelia Africana Major, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio[12][13][14][15][16]
Sibling
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus
Languages spoken, written or signed
Latin, Ancient Greek[42][43]
Agnomen
Africanus
Cognomen
Scipio
Depicted by
Statue of Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Portrait of the Ancient Roman General Scipio[31][32][33]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, Dictionary of African Biography, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus, Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]
Different from
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
Family
Cornelii Scipiones[28]
Gens
Cornelia gens
Name in native language
P. Cornelius P.f.L.n. Scipio Africanus[44]
Show all 35 facts +11
Nomen gentilicium
Cornelius
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P14536
350273
P14541
3ZEIou
P14585
54041
P14608
118612336
Participated in conflict
Second Punic War, Roman–Seleucid War[29][30]
Praenomen
Publius
Social classification
patricius, nobiles
Time period
Middle Roman Republic
Writing language
Latin, Ancient Greek
🏷️ Also known as
en Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus en Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major en Scipio Africanus en Scipio Africanus the Elder en Scipio the African en P. Cornelius Scipio, the Elder en Scipio the Great en Scipio the Elder en Africanus Scipio ar شيبيون الإفريقي cs Publius Cornelius Scipio cs Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus cs Publius C. Scipio cs Scipio cs Scipio Africanus starší de Scipio Africanus el Σκιπίων ο Αφρικανός es Publio Cornelio Escipion Africano es Publio Cornelio Escipión Africano es Escipión el Africano
🔖 Identifiers · 110
ISNI
0000000436552990
VIAF cluster ID
41151776732.3B (3.7M–9830149068474.6B, n=3)
Library of Congress authority ID
n50005015
GND ID
118612336
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Escipión africano.JPG ↗
Academy of Athens authority ID
45697
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151061364
BIBSYS ID
10069550, 11034260
BVMC person ID
73985
BabelNet ID
00065114n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12651580m
Biblissima authority ID
Zumalai
Show all 110 identifiers +98
British Museum person or institution ID
78244
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
publius-cornelius-scipio
CANTIC ID
981058614813006706
CCAB ID
000096953
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01354651
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11847115
Comic Vine ID
4005-98902
DDB person (GND) ID
118612336
DLL Catalog author ID
A3644
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118612336
Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic ID
878
Enciclopedia di Roma person ID
174
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
237774
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
32243
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Scipio-Africanus-the-Elder
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
scipion-l-africain
FAST ID
1232, 1846469
FGrHist ID
232
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_118612336
FactGrid item ID
Givigliana
Freebase ID
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Genealogics.org person ID
I00735495
Geni.com profile ID
6000000005944438076
Goodreads character ID
69658
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
publi-corneli-escipio-africa
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0024561
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_Africanus_major
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4176378
Harper's tag
scipio-africanus
Historia Hispánica ID
biografias/12025
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
55067
IMDb ID
ch0050430
IdRef ID
050595741
Infames Romani ID
cad233b534574f9f8747bcf9bba1216b
Interlingual Index ID
i96848
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118612336
LAGL author ID
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2163
LBT person ID
PuScipi
Larousse ID
personnage/wd/143658
Lex ID
Publius_Cornelius_Africanus_Major_Scipio, Scipio_Africanus, Scipio_den_ældre
Libraries Australia ID
65960323
Libris-URI
jgvxxcm203vc9wt
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
02020/eu_e_4114/e4114
MMB ID
23690
Museum-digital ID
30005
NE.se ID
scipio-africanus
NL CR AUT ID
xx0334206
NLP ID
a0000002474804
NUKAT ID
n2007278900
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/E9C2D107-12D1-4092-831A-87162C41C990
National Library of Chile ID
000035656
National Library of Greece ID
221603
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001131086
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000378451
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007311216305171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:erj;=CL
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810531033405606
National Library of Russia ID
778823, 778822
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX951510
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070081778, 132838435
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
17983
Notable Names Database ID
919/000094637
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3973408
Open Library ID
OL4808558A
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
1867
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
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PHI Latin Texts author ID
127
Parsifal cluster ID
52789
Perseus author ID
1255
Personality Database profile ID
146453
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
45246
Rodovid ID
559905
SAIA authority ID
5a1d4d054ab9d081344d15ff
SELIBR ID
170612
Sandrart.net person ID
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Spanish Biographical Dictionary ID
15831/publius-cornelius-scipio-africanus-maior
Svenska Institutet i Rom ID
94386
TLG author ID
2163
Topic's main category
Category:Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
ToposText person ID
14307
Treccani ID
scipione-africano-publio-cornelio
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
scipione-africano-publio-cornelio
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
scipione-africano-publio-cornelio
Trismegistos author ID
4693
Union List of Artist Names ID
500354654
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
4288
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058614813006706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1182081
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10223527, ADV11484038
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/21542, 495/21543
Vikidia article ID
fr:Scipion_l'Africain
WeRelate person ID
Scipio_Africanus_(1)
Wellcome Collection concept ID
dwxv32bv
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Concept", "PubliusCorneliusScipio::k8pdx"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11308206-n
World History Encyclopedia ID
Scipio_Africanus_the_Elder
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjvfP8QMvqHmkj8YjpbWXd
Yale LUX ID
person/01fb7381-ef3f-44ef-bb07-8260cc2ff21e

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🔗 Connections
Position held 8
Roman consul, Roman consul, Roman censor, aedile, legatus, proconsul, proconsul, military tribune
← Characters 5
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal, Jupiter's Darling, Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare, Parlement of Foules, Scipio the African
Child 4
Cornelia, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Lucius Cornelius Scipio, Cornelia Africana Major
Children (paternal) 4
Cornelia, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Lucius Cornelius Scipio, Cornelia Africana Major
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Occupation 3
politician, military personnel, Traditional genealogist
← Depicts 3
continence of Scipio, The Clemency of Scipio, Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva
Field of work 2
politics, military affairs
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Latin, Ancient Greek
Participated in 2
Second Punic War, continence of Scipio
Participated in conflict 2
Second Punic War, Roman–Seleucid War
Writing language 2
Latin, Ancient Greek
← Different from 2
Scipio Aemilianus, Scipio Africanus
Cognomen 1
Scipio
Country of citizenship 1
Ancient Rome
Different from 1
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
FactGrid item ID 1
Givigliana
Family 1
Cornelii Scipiones
Father 1
Publius Cornelius Scipio
Gens 1
Cornelia gens
Instance of 1
human
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Parent of 1
Publius Cornelius Scipio
Place of birth 1
Ancient Rome
Place of death 1
Liternum
Praenomen 1
Publius
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus
Siblings 1
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus
Social classification 1
nobiles
Spouse 1
Aemilia Tertia
Spouses 1
Aemilia Tertia
Topic's main category 1
Category:Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
← Notable role 1
Annibale Ninchi
← Resistance in Belgium ID 1
Moustier-sur-Sambre
← SNARC ID 1
Vilvoorde
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Summary

Scipio Africanus was born in 235 BC[1] in Ancient Rome[2]. He died in 183 BC[3] in Liternum[4]. He worked as a politician[5], military personnel[6], genealogist[7], and military leader[8].

FAQs

Where was Scipio Africanus born?

Scipio Africanus's place of birth was Ancient Rome[2].

Where did Scipio Africanus die?

Scipio Africanus died in Liternum[4].

Who were Scipio Africanus's parents?

Scipio Africanus's father was Publius Cornelius Scipio[9]. Scipio Africanus's mother was Pomponia[10].

Who was Scipio Africanus married to?

Scipio Africanus's spouses include Aemilia Tertia[11].

What did Scipio Africanus do for work?

Scipio Africanus worked as a politician[5], military personnel[6], genealogist[7], and military leader[8].

Related Entities

Cornelia politics Publius Cornelius Scipio Scipio Aemilianus Vilvoorde

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [23] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [24] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [25] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [26] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Cornelia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [1] ↑ . Q24472712. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [3] ↑ . Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  44. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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