[sip-ee-oh, skip-] 
| 1. | Pub⋅li⋅us Cor⋅nel⋅ius Scipio Af⋅ri⋅ca⋅nus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuhs, af-ri-key-nuhs, -kan-uhs, -kahn-] , (“Scipio the Elder”), 237–183 b.c., Roman general who defeated Hannibal. |
| 2. | his adopted grandson, Publius Cornelius Scipio Ae⋅mil⋅i⋅a⋅nus Africanus Minor [ee-mil-ee-ey-nuhs] , (“Scipio the Younger”), c185–129 b.c., Roman general: besieger and destroyer of Carthage. |
| scipio the elder | |
noun | |
| Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC) [syn: Scipio] |