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Scipio Aemilianus

Roman politician and general (185–129 BC)

7 dated entries naming Scipio Aemilianus, drawn from 7 separate years between 151 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.

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2nd century BC

  • 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
  • 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 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

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