person
Publius Cornelius Scipio (cos. 218)
Scipio (father)
Consul of 218 BC, father of Africanus; opened the war against Hannibal and fell in Spain.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 30 §44 Publius Cornelius
Publius Cornelius Scipio, consul of 218 BC (Africanus's father), in whose year the Second Punic War began.