death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor children allegiance article_title office battles birth_date term_start spouse nickname image rank term_end name
183 bc -lrb- aged 53 -rrb- liternum quintus caecilius metellus and lucius veturius philo rome , roman republic marcus cornelius cethegus and publius sempronius tuditanus publius , cornelia scipionis africana cornelius scipio , lucius cornelius scipio , cornelia 25px roman republic scipio africanus
 consul of the roman republic '' ticinus battle of the trebia battle of cannae battle of ` cartagena battle of baecula battle of ilipa battle of utica second battle of the great plains battle of zama '' ` punic roman-syrian war '' ' battle of magnesia war '' ' battle of 236 bc 205 -- 202 bc , aemilia paulla the roman hannibal august 2015 isis priest01 pushkin.jpg general -lsb- ? -rsb- bc publius cornelius scipio
scipio africanus

publius cornelius scipio africanus -lrb- 236 -- 183 bc -rrb- , also known as `` scipio the african '' , `` scipio africanus-major '' , `` scipio africanus the elder '' , and `` scipio the great '' , is renowned as one of the greatest generals , not only of ancient rome , but of all time .
his main achievements were during the second punic war where he is best known for defeating hannibal at the final battle at zama , one of the feats that earned him the agnomen `` africanus '' , as well as recognition as one of the finest commanders in military history .
