Scipio the African (Italian: Scipione detto anche l'Africano, lit. 'Scipio, also called the African') is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi...
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meaning "the African", but meant to be understood as a conqueror of Africa. Scipio's conquest of Carthaginian Iberia culminated in the Battle of Ilipa...
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (185 BC – 129 BC), known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was a Roman general and statesman...
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Masinissa (category 2nd-century BC monarchs in Africa)
known about Masinissa comes from the Livy's History of Rome, and to a lesser extent Cicero's Scipio's Dream. As the son of a Numidian chieftain allied...
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Scipio Aemilianus (Scipio Africanus Aemilianus) (185-129 BC), adoptive grandson of the original Scipio Africanus George Africanus (George John Scipio...
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Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (c. 95 – 46 BC), often referred to as Metellus Scipio, was a Roman senator and military commander. During the civil war between...
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his brother, who acted the part of Scipione l'Africano, he played the role of Scipio Asiaticus in the film Scipio the African by Luigi Magni. Ruggero...
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Look up scipio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scipio may refer to: Scipio Aemilianus, Roman general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC Scipio Africanus...
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Marcello Mastroianni (category People from the Province of Frosinone)
December 1996) was an Italian film actor and one of the country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's...
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Scipio Moorhead (active c. 1773-after 1775) was an enslaved African-American artist who lived in Boston, Massachusetts. Moorhead is known through the...
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shows, and Video Games set in the city of Rome during the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, or the Roman Empire. The films only partly set in Rome are...
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Silvana Mangano (category Italian expatriate actresses in the United States)
arose from the neorealist movement, and went on to become a major female star, regarded as a sex symbol for the 1950s and '60s. She won the David di Donatello...
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Woody Strode (category 20th-century African-American sportspeople)
Deserter (1971) as Jackson The Gatling Gun (1971) as Runner the Scout Scipio the African (1971) as Massinissa – re di Numidia The Last Rebel (1971) as Duncan...
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Cornelius Scipio (died 211 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic and the father of Scipio Africanus. A member of the Cornelia gens, Scipio served...
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Third Punic War (redirect from The Third Punic War)
The Histories, written sometime after 146 BC. He accompanied his patron and friend, the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, in North Africa during the Third...
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Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War) (redirect from The destruction of Carthage)
him to be appointed commander in Africa. Scipio's term commenced with two Carthaginian successes, but he tightened the siege and commenced a construction...
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alle Crociate (Brancaleone at the Crusades, 1970) as Brancaleone da Norcia Scipione detto anche l'africano (Scipio the African, 1971) as Catone il Censore...
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doux (1971) Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold (1971) - George Bridger Scipio the African (1971) - senatore Quinto Trinity Is Still My Name (1971) - Perla's...
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Scipio Africanus (c. 1702 – 21 December 1720) was a former slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio...
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Somnium Scipionis (redirect from The dream of scipio)
The Dream of Scipio (Latin: Somnium Scipionis), written by Cicero, is the sixth book of De re publica, and describes a (postulated fictional or real)...
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sent the Numidian cavalry and light-armed Balearic and African troops to the lower plain. Scipio sent a contingent to hold the entrance of the river...
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List of monarchs by nickname (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
VIII of France (French: Charles l'Affable) "~ the African": Scipio the African (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus). Afonso V of Portugal (Afonso o...
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Hannibal (redirect from Hannibal the Great)
counter-invasion of North Africa, led by the Roman general Scipio Africanus, forced him to return to Carthage. Hannibal was eventually defeated at the Battle of Zama...
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Scipio Vaughan (c. 1784–1840) was an African-American artisan and slave who inspired a "back to Africa" movement among some of his offspring to connect...
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Battle of Zama (category Battles of the Second Punic War)
The Battle of Zama was fought in 202 BC in what is now Tunisia between a Roman army commanded by Scipio Africanus and a Carthaginian army commanded by...
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Battle of Thapsus (category Africa (Roman province))
Metellus Scipio, were defeated by the forces of Julius Caesar. It was followed shortly by the suicides of Scipio and his ally, Cato the Younger, the Numidian...
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Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus was the name of several Roman men who lived during the early Roman Empire. They were descendants of Orfitus...
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transporting by sea from Sicily to Africa of almost all of the requirements of Scipio's large army. These developments made possible the subsequent Roman overseas...
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Syphax (category 3rd-century BC monarchs in Africa)
Africa. During the early stages of Scipio's campaign in North Africa, the joined forces of Syphax and Gisco were able to force Scipio to abandon the siege...
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Second Punic War (redirect from The second punic war)
subordinate to Rome. Scipio was awarded a triumph and received the agnomen "Africanus". Rome's African ally, King Masinissa of Numidia, exploited the prohibition...
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