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Scipio Aemilianus, P. Cornelius, Africanus minor (Publius Cornelius), c 184 B.C.-129 B.C. (Roman general)

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Dates

  • Existence: c 184 B.C.-129 B.C.

Biography

Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus (c 185–129 BC), primarily known as Scipio Aemilianus, or also Scipio Africanus Minor, or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was an important politician and general of the Roman Republic. He took command of the 3rd Punic War and destroyed Carthage. He is the central character in Cicero's Somnium Scipionis

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Somnium Scipionis by Cicero, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 119/ff. 15r-21r
Contents This section contains a version of Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis (The Dream of Scipio). This is the sixth book of Cicero’s De republica.In this manuscript, this text begins at the bottom of f. 15r with the following incipit: Incipit somnium scipionis a M. T. Cicerone compositum. The text itself starts on f. 15v with the words ...
Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing thirteen texts