Publius Cornelius Scipio "Africanus": A General Greater Than Napoleon
After the Carthaginians lost the First Punic War and General Hamilcar Barca was left in disgrace, his son Hannibal vowed to avenge his family and his country. He marched his elephants over the Alps and savaged the Romans on the Italian peninsula, killing tens of thousands of legionaries with smaller armies and superior tactics. Rome only survived because of the brilliance of one man. An up-and-coming Roman general matched Hannibal s brilliance, preserving the Republic and all but destroying the mighty Carthaginian Empire. He was born as Publius Scipio, but he died as Scipio Africanus: the victor of Africa and the savior of Rome. → Subscribe for new videos four times per week. https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 TopTenz Properties Our companion website for more: http://biographics.org Our sister channel TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Our Newest Channel about Interesting Places: https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Arnaldo Teodorani Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com Other Biographics Videos: Larry Thorne: The Many Wars of the Phoenix Soldier https://youtu.be/Gt_keFwAi0g Philo Farnsworth: The Electric Whizz Kid https://youtu.be/w2OfS1dGoMw Source/Further reading: A lecture by Prof Giovanni Brizzi (5 hour long, in Italian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PktsN4lYtLM Punic Wars and Scipio’s Strategy https://www.ancient.eu/article/292/the-battle-of-zama---the-beginning-of-roman-conque/ https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Publications/Article/1412483/scipio-africanus-and-the-second-punic-war-joint-lessons-for-center-of-gravity-a/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Cannae Basil Liddell Hart’s biography on Scipio https://books.google.com/books?id=LfoxYQhpMBUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=scipio+africanus&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjB1tWV6JXqAhWRyKQKHXkHC9QQ6AEwCHoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=scipio%20africanus&f=false Biographical summaries https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=haaren&book=rome&story=scipio https://www.romanoimpero.com/2010/09/scipione-lafricano-205-204-ac.html https://www.historynet.com/romes-craftiest-general-scipio-africanus.htm http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/scipio.html The Cursus Honorum https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/cursus-honorum/
