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Scipio Aemilianus

Roman politician and general (185–129 BC)

12 dated entries naming Scipio Aemilianus, drawn from 10 separate years between 185 BCE and 129 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, Scipio Aemilianus Africanus in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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2nd century BC

  • 185 BCEPublius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, leading general and politician of the Roman Republic. As consul he will be the commander of the final siege and destruction of Carthage and will be the leader of the senators opposed to the Gracchi (died 129 BC)source
  • 151 BCEAt Polybius' request, Scipio Aemilianus manages to gain the support of the Roman statesman Cato the Elder (whose son has married Scipio's sister Aemilia) for a proposal to release (and return to Greece) the 300 Achaean internees who are still being held without trial after being deported to Rome in 167 BC.source
  • 150 BCEScipio Aemilianus is sent by the Roman general, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, to Numidia to obtain some elephants from the Numidian king Masinissa, the friend of his grandfather Scipio Africanus. While there, he witnesses a great but indecisive battle between the Numidians and the Carthaginians. The latter then ask Scipio Aemilianus to arrange a settlement, but the negotiations break down.source
  • 148 BCEPublius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus divides Numidia among the three sons of the recently deceased Masinissa.source
  • 147 BCEDespite being the five years below the minimum age required, Scipio Aemilianus is elected Consul under popular pressure.source
  • 146 BCESpring – Carthage falls to Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus and the city is completely destroyed. End of the Third Punic War.source
  • 140 BCEScipio Aemilianus leads a group of Roman ambassadors to Alexandria, where they meet with King Ptolemy VIII.source
  • 134 BCEScipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthage, takes command in Spain against the Numantians. He recruits 20,000 men and 40,000 allies, including Numidian cavalry under Jugurtha. Scipio, an expert in sieges, builds a ring of seven forts and a ditch palisade before beginning the Siege of Numantia. The perimeter of the circumvallations is twice as long as that of the city. The river Durius (Douro), enables the defenders to be supplied by small boats.source
  • 133 BCELucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, as consul, is sent against the slaves in Italy. Gaius Marius serves under Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus at Numantia.source
  • 133 BCEScipio Aemilianus captures Numantia, after a siege of eight months, suffering famine and pestilence. The remnant population of 4,000 citizens, surrender and set their city on fire. Thus ends the Numantine War.source
  • 129 BCEScipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthage is possibly assassinated by his enemies in Rome.source
  • 129 BCEP. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus (Africanus the Younger) (born 185 BC)source

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