Scipio Africanus (disambiguation)
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The name Scipio Africanus may refer to:
- Scipio AfricanusScipio AfricanusPublius Cornelius Scipio Africanus , also known as Scipio Africanus and Scipio the Elder, was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic...
(Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, 235–183 BC), Roman general who defeated Hannibal, to whom the name Scipio Africanus usually refers - Scipio Aemilianus AfricanusScipio Aemilianus AfricanusPublius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus , also known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was a leading general and politician of the ancient Roman Republic...
(185–129 BC), adopted grandson of the elder Scipio Africanus. He is usually called Africanus or Scipio Africanus by Cicero - Scipio Africanus (slave)Scipio Africanus (slave)Scipio Africanus was a slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named for Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, the third century BCE Roman general, famous for defeating the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal.-Life:Very little is known of his life...
, 18th century British slave - Scipio Africanus JonesScipio Africanus JonesScipio Africanus Jones was an African-American educator, attorney, judge, philanthropist, and Republican politician from the state of Arkansas...
(1863–1943), African American educator, jurist, and politician - George AfricanusGeorge AfricanusGeorge John Scipio Africanus was a West African negro slave who became a successful entrepreneur in Nottingham.-Early years:The early life of George Africanus is obscure. Calculating his birth year from his burial certificate, he was probably born in 1763...
(George John Scipio Africanus, 1763–1834), West African slave who became an entrepreneur in England - Scipio, a character in Cornelia Funke's The Thief LordThe Thief LordThe Thief Lord is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company...
- Cruiser Scipione l'AfricanoCapitani Romani class cruiserCapitani Romani was a class of light cruisers of the Italian navy. They were essentially designed to out-run and out-gun the large new French destroyers of the Fantasque and Mogador classes. Twelve hulls were ordered in late 1939, but only four were completed, just three of these before the...
an Italian cruiser of World War II.