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Born c.235 BCE
Died c.160 BCE
Title / Office consul (190BC-190BC), ancient Rome
Role In Battle of Zama • Punic Wars • Second Punic War
Silver coin from Carthago Nova, believed to be a portrait of Scipio Africanus the Elder; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen.
Scipio Africanus
Roman general
Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Quintus
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
Roman statesman and commander
Gaius Flaminius
Roman politician
Scipio, Publius Cornelius
Publius Cornelius Scipio
Roman general [died 211 bce]
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Roman general [died 208 BCE]
Gaius Claudius Nero
Roman military commander
Scipio Africanus the Younger
Roman general
Marcus Atilius Regulus
Roman general
Quintus Fabius Pictor
Roman historian
Lucius Caecilius Metellus
Roman general
Chapman, John: Hannibal
Hannibal
Carthaginian general [247-c.181 BCE]
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Roman ruler
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius
Roman general