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Definition of: Scipio
(sip′ē·ō)
Name of a great Roman family, especially including Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major,
237–183 B.C., general; defeated Hannibal at Zama 202 B.C.: called “The Elder”; and Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor, 185–129 B.C., general; burned Carthage: called “The Younger.”
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