He illegally assumed the aedileship (EY-dye-ul-ship) at age 23, claiming that the will of the voters overruled the minimum-age law.
This general and his brother Lucius were put on trial after giving magnanimous peace terms to Antiochus III (an-TIE-oh-kuss the third). He illegally assumed the aedileship (EY-dye-ul-ship) at age 23, claiming that the will of the voters overruled the minimum-age law. He won the battles of Baecula (BIKE-yoo-la) and Ilipa (EEL-ee-puh) in Spain during a campaign that saw him fight against Hasdrubal Barca at Zama (ZAH-ma). For 10 points, name this Roman general whose 202 BCE defeat of Hannibal ended the Second Punic War and earned him the honorary name "Africanus."
This general and his brother Lucius were put on trial after giving magnanimous peace terms to Antiochus III (an-TIE-oh-kuss the third).
Publius Cornelius {Scipio} Africanus Major [or {Scipio} Africanus the Elder]