How To Use Scipio In A Sentence
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Recently—too recently for the information to be included in "Carthage Must Be Destroyed"—the site of the Battle of Baecula in 208 B.C., where Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian army under Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal, was discovered in Spain.
An Empire of the Mediterranean
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Scipios were hollowed out of simple blocks of peperino stone; and the sculptor's art and the material in which he wrought were worthy of the severe simplicity of the heroic age.
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
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The chain also appears in Macrobius's Somnium Scipionis (I.V. #571 – 74), as well as in Paul of Middleburg's Paulina, da recta Paschae celebratione (1513).
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
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The negro whom I call Scipio, on the day when Major Anderson evacuated
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time
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Elected consul for 205, Scipio wanted to carry the war to Africa.
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And at the notion of Scipio, in gilt-laced hat and livery, tearing wildly through the undergrowth in the joy of liberty, she halted and laughed aloud.
The Mayor of Troy
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_Multo tamen vetustior et horridior ille quam Scipio, et, cum sint in dicendo variæ, voluntates, delectari mihi magis antiquitate videtur, et lubenter verbis etiam uti paulo magis priscis Lælius.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements
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Scipio did cry, and classical scholars are therefore entitled to ask how many tears he shed.
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He, as had been related, was a bitter political opponent of Scipio Africanus the Great, and he continued his enmity to Scipio's adopted son, called Scipio the
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II
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These last two received from the Roman people the surname of Africanus, in honor of their African victories, and the one who now comes upon the stage was called Scipio
Hannibal Makers of History
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Scipio Africanus, his cousin-german, and was by him named
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
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Any fool know dat," returned Scipio, grumly and evidently tired already of being thus catechised.
The Red Rover
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Page 12 grace at every accost; the tone of his voice was mild and subdued, and in short, Scipio, though black, had all the unction of an old gentleman.
Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
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The Numantines fet fire to their hoofes, and either kill one another, or perifli in the flames, ib, Scipio trimnpha on his return to Rome, and has the iiir - name of Numaotinus added to that of Afri - canus, 113.
An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time
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Those who may want to imitate these men can be exposed to those vices of contempt and hatred, which as I have said above of Scipio and Hannibal, can be avoided by an excessive virtu which is in you, and not otherwise.
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The capture by assault was either by force or by open violence, or by force mixed with fraud: the open violence was either by assault without piercing the walls (which they called attacking the city in crown fashion) because they surrounded the City with the entire army, as when Scipio took New Carthage in Spain; or if this assault was not enough they addressed themselves to breeching the walls with rams or with other machines of war of theirs; or they made a mine and by means of it entered the City, by which method they took the City from the Veienti: or in order to be at the same level with those who defended the walls, they made towers of wood: or they made embankments of earth placed against the outside of the walls in order to come to a height above them.
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Still Veii held out, and to finish the war a dictator was appointed, Marcus Furius Camillus, who chose for his second in command a man of one of the most virtuous families in Rome, as their surname testified, Publius Cornelius, called Scipio, or the Staff, because either he or one of his forefathers had been the staff of his father's old age.
Young Folks' History of Rome
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Nasvius, L. Scipione C. Norbano C.fl! ', cum P. Quintius in Galliam profedus eflTct, teftes complures fumpfit, ft vadimonium ftitiflTc, P. Qiiintium deferuiflfe.
Opera, cum indicibus et variis lectionibus
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During this time, Scipio -- that is, the Scipio who conquered Hannibal -- had disappeared from the stage.
Hannibal Makers of History
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I followed his pointing finger, and saw the Scipio slide into the fjord at a good speed.
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He requested M. Bailly to show him the shield of Scipio, which is in the royal library; and M. Bailly asking him which he preferred, Scipio or Hannibal, the young Prince replied, without hesitation, that he preferred him who had defended his own country.
Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
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The agnomen Asricanus was bestowed upon Publius Cornelius Scipio, on account of his great achievements in Africa.
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Scipio received the cognomen Africanus and returned to Rome to celebrate a triumph.
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He lost decisively to Scipio's ally Masinissa at the Battle of Zama, but escaped.
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Les Luthiers - Hija de Escipión (Daniel, el seductor)
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Scipio's political career was mere puppetry, and his military career was as brief as it was degrading.
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But it was here that Scipio's preparation in lining up his troops in separate maniples bore fruit.
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The praetor and his council were greatly relieved at not having to call Scipio to account; Pleminius and thirty-two others they found guilty and sent them in chains to Rome.
The History of Rome, Vol. IV
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Lord Publius Scipio was near, forasmuch as he had Letters and
Exilius
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Scipionis, qui tum Romanis imperator erat, [47] et morem hostium cognovit, multo labore multaque cura, praeterea modestissime parendo et saepe obviam eundo periculis in tantam claritudinem brevi pervenerat, ut nostris vehementer carus, Numantinis maximo terrori esset.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino
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Scipio did cry, and classical scholars are therefore entitled to ask how many tears he shed.
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`Fratelli D'Italia, l'Italia s'è desta, dell'elmo di Scipio, S'è cinto la testa... "while Signora Cara snored, whistling gently.
THE GOLDEN LION
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In 205, Scipio ran for consul on the platform that he could defeat Carthage and bring the long war to a close.