Scipio Aemilianus
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 9 anchored passages
Publius Scipio · Scipio · Africanus · Africanus the younger · Publius Cornelius Scipio
in the texts
On the Commonwealth
Roman statesman and general (Scipio Africanus the Younger), principal speaker in the dialogue on the best form of commonwealth.
Or what more perfect can be conceived than Publius Scipio, than Gaius Laelius, than Lucius Philus?
When Scipio had said these things, and, all being silent, the rest of his discourse was awaited, then Tubero:
nor do I see why the name of commonwealth should appear any more in the domination of a multitude—because, first, there is for me no people, as you most excellently defined it, Scipio, save one that is held together by an agreement upon law;
Stoic Paradoxes
One of the two Scipio brothers who fought and died in Spain during the Punic War.
What did the two bulwarks of the Punic War, Gnaeus and Publius Scipio, who thought to block the coming of the Carthaginians with their own bodies?
Consolation to Polybius
Roman general who bore the loss of two brothers amid his father's triumph; cited as exemplum of fortitude.
Why should I mention Scipio Aemilianus, who at almost one and the same time looked upon his father's triumph and the funerals of his two brothers?