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Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BCE)

d. 211 BCE · 3rd century BCE

Publius Cornelius Scipio was a Roman consul of 218 BCE and the father of Scipio Africanus. After failing to stop Hannibal in the Rhône valley, he was defeated and wounded at the Ticinus in Italy. He then joined his brother Gnaeus in Spain, where from their base at Tarraco they fought the Carthaginians for several years until both were defeated and killed in 211 BCE.

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