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Publius Cornelius Scipio

260 BC - 211 BC

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Publius Cornelius Scipio (died 211 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic and the father of Scipio Africanus. A member of the Cornelia gens, Scipio served as consul in 218 BC, the first year of the Second Punic War. At the outbreak of the war, he was ordered to conduct the war effort in the Iberian Peninsula and confront Hannibal himself, while his fellow consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus was allocated Sicily and Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Publius Cornelius Scipio has received more than 139,510 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Publius Cornelius Scipio is the 3,099th most popular politician (down from 1,646th in 2019), the 1,015th most popular biography from Italy (down from 612th in 2019) and the 211th most popular Italian Politician.

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus is most famous for defeating Hannibal and the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Publius Cornelius Scipio ranks 3,099 out of 19,576. Before him are Rafael Correa, Abd al-Mu'min, Stjepan Radić, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Otto Ernst Remer, and Jean Moulin. After him are Thessalonike of Macedon, Andreas Papandreou, Amalaric, David of Trebizond, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, and Hystaspes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 260 BC, Publius Cornelius Scipio ranks 2. Before him is Cleomenes III.  Among people deceased in 211 BC, Publius Cornelius Scipio ranks 1. After him are Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, Appius Claudius Pulcher, and Tiridates I of Parthia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Publius Cornelius Scipio ranks 1,015 out of 5,161. Before him are Cosimo Rosselli (1439), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Totò (1898), Lucio Dalla (1943), Aloysius Lilius (1510), and Luigi Russolo (1885). After him are Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Eleonora Duse (1858), Peter Damian (1007), Occhiali (1519), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), and Edda Mussolini (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Publius Cornelius Scipio ranks 211. Before him are Luigi Einaudi (1874), Fulvia (-77), Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610), Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804), Alfonso IV of Aragon (1299), and Enrico De Nicola (1877). After him are Occhiali (1519), Edda Mussolini (1910), Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371), Marcomer (400), Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), and Milonia Caesonia (7).

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