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People

Ancient Rome

Scipio Aemilianus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (185 BC – 129 BC), known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was a Roman general and statesman noted for his military exploits in the Third Punic War against Carthage and durin ...

, Roman general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC *

Scipio Africanus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (, , ; 236/235–) was a Roman general and statesman who was one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Ancient Carthage, Carthage in the Second Punic War. Often regarded as one of the greatest milit ...

, Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian leader Hannibal in 202 BC *

Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (properly Asiagenes; 3rd century BC – after 183 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. He was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio and the younger brother of Scipio Africanus. He was elected c ...

, brother of Africanus, Roman general who defeated the Seleucid king Antiochus III in 190 BC *

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina (lived 3rd century BC) was a Roman general and statesman who fought in the First Punic War. Scipio Asina belonged to the patrician family of the Cornelii Scipiones. He was son of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus a ...

, Roman general who was defeated in the Battle of the Lipari Islands in 260 BC *

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (c. 95 – 46 BC), often referred to as Metellus Scipio, was a Roman senator and military commander. During the civil war between Julius Caesar and the senatorial faction led by Pompey, he was a staunch sup ...

, Roman politician, opponent of Julius Caesar * Cornelius Scipio (disambiguation)

Given names

Scipio Africanus Jones Scipio Africanus Jones (August 3, 1863 – March 2, 1943) was an American educator, lawyer, judge, philanthropist, and Republican politician from the state of Arkansas. He was most known for having guided the appeals of the twelve African-Am ...

(1863–1943), African-American educator *

Scipio Africanus (slave) Scipio Africanus (c. 1702 – 21 December 1720) was a former slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236/235–183 BC), the famous Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian militar ...

( – 1720), African slave in England known for his epitaph * Scipio Colombo (1910–2002), Italian opera singer * Scipio Moorhead (active ), enslaved African-American artist *

Scipio Slataper Scipio Slataper (14 July 1888 – 3 December 1915) was an Italian writer, most famous for his lyrical essay '' My Karst''. He is considered, alongside Italo Svevo, the initiator of the prolific tradition of Italian literature in Trieste. Biogra ...

(1888–1915), writer from Austro-Hungarian Trieste *

Scipio Spinks Scipio Ronald Spinks (born July 12, 1947) is an American former right handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1969 through 1973 for the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals. Life and sports Born in Chicago, Illinois, Spinks wa ...

(born 1947), American baseball player * Scipion Abeille (died 1697), French surgeon *

Scipione Ammirato Scipione Ammirato (; 7 October 153111 January 1601) was an Italian author, Philosophy, philosopher and historian who lived during the Renaissance. He is regarded as an important figure in the history of political thought. Ammirato's best-known w ...

(1531–1601), Italian historian *

Scipione Barbò Soncino Scipione Barbò Soncino, or Scipione Barbuo, was a 16th-century Italian jurist and writer, active in Padua. His best-known work was a set of biographies of the Dukes of Milan, ''Sommario delle vite de' duchi di Milano'' (Venice, 8vo, 1574; fol. ...

(active by 1570s), Italian jurist *

Scipione Borghese Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese (; 1 September 1577 – 2 October 1633) was an Italian cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini. His legac ...

(1577–1633), Italian cardinal * Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona (1871–1927), Italian prince *

Scipione Breislak Scipione Breislak (1748 – 15 February 1826), Italian geologist of Swedish parentage, was born in Rome in 1748. He distinguished himself as a professor of mathematical and mechanical philosophy in the college of Ragusa; but after residing th ...

(1748–1826), Italian geologist * Scipione del Ferro (1465–1526), Italian mathematician * Scipione de' Ricci (1741–1810), Italian bishop *

Scipione Gentili Scipione Gentili (; 1563 – August 7, 1616) was an Italian law professor and a legal writer. One of his six brothers was Alberico Gentili, one of the fathers of international law. Born at San Ginesio, Scipione Gentili left Italy at the age of ...

(1563–1616), German law professor *

Scipione (Gino Bonichi) Gino Bonichi (February 25, 1904 – November 9, 1933), known as Scipione, was an Italian painter and writer. He was born in Macerata. In 1909 he moved to Rome, where he later enrolled at the Scuola Libera di Nudo of the Accademia di Belle Arti ...

(1904–1933), Italian painter *

Scipione Pulzone Scipione Pulzone (1544 – February 1, 1598), also known as Il Gaetano, was a Neapolitan painter of the late Italian Renaissance. His work differs in several respects from the Mannerist style predominant at the time. He was active mainly in R ...

(1544–1598), Italian painter *

Scipione Rebiba Scipione Rebiba (3 February 1504 – 23 July 1577) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a protégé of Gian Pietro Carafa, who became Pope Paul IV. He held a variety of positions in the Church hierarchy, including some of the most sen ...

(1504–1577), Italian cardinal * Scipione Tecchi (1854–1915), Italian cardinal * Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830–1896), Nebraska judge *

Andrew Scipione Andrew Phillip Scipione, (born 31 March 1958) is a former police officer who served as Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force, succeeding Ken Moroney on 31 August 2007. He retired from the New South Wales Police Force on 31 March 201 ...

(born 1958), Australian police commissioner *

Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei Francesco Scipione Maffei (; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables of ...

(1675–1755), Italian writer

Pseudonym

* Scipio, pseudonym used by

Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 dur ...

(1755 or 1757 – 1804), American lawyer and statesman

Place names

United States

Indiana

* Scipio, Indiana and Ohio (Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County, Ohio) * Scipio, Indiana (Jennings County) *

Scipio Township, Allen County, Indiana Scipio Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana Allen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 385,410, making it the List of counties in Indiana, third-most populous cou ...

Scipio Township, LaPorte County, Indiana Scipio Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana LaPorte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 112,417. The county seat is the city of La Porte, and the largest city ...

Kansas

Scipio, Kansas Scipio is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kansas Anderson County is a County (United States), county located in East-Central Kansas, East Central Kansas, in the Central United States. Its county seat and most populous city i ...

Michigan

Scipio Township, Michigan Scipio Township ( ) is a civil township of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,902 at the 2020 census. Communities * East Mosherville is a former settlement within the township just east of the community of Mosh ...

New York

Scipio, New York Scipio is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Cayuga County, New York, Cayuga County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 1,713 at the 2010 census. Scipio is centrally located in the southern half of the ...

(Cayuga County)

Ohio

Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio Scipio Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,213 people in the township. Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Alexander ...

Scipio Township, Seneca County, Ohio Scipio Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,674 people in the township. Geography Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Adams T ...

Scipio, Ohio Scipio is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is at the intersection of State Routes 126 and 129. History Scipio was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a ...

, in Butler County

Oklahoma

* Scipio, Oklahoma

Utah

Scipio, Utah Scipio is a town on the eastern edge of Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. It lies in the oval-shape ...

(Millard County)

Italy

Tomb of the Scipios The Tomb of the Scipios (), also called the , was the common tomb of the Patrician (ancient Rome), patrician Cornelii Scipiones, Scipio family during the Roman Republic for interments between the early 3rd century BC and the early 1st century AD. ...

Creative works

* ''

Dream of Scipio The ''Dream of Scipio'' (Latin: ''Somnium Scipionis''), written by Cicero, is the sixth book of ''De re publica'', and describes a (postulated fictional or real) dream vision of the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, set two years before he overs ...

'' (), a story by Cicero, * ''

The Dream of Scipio (novel) ''The Dream of Scipio'' is a novel by Iain Pears. It is set in Provence at three different critical moments of Western civilization—the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Black Death in the fourteenth, the Second World ...

'', a 2002 novel by Iain Pears * ''

Il sogno di Scipione ', K. 126, is a ''dramatic serenade'' in one act (''azione teatrale'') composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which is based on the book ''Somnium Scipionis'' by Cicero; has been set to music several times. Moza ...

'', a dramatic serenade by Mozart, premiered in 1772 ** ''Scipio's Dream'', a 1992 opera by Judith Weir * ''

Scipione ''Scipione'' ( HWV 20), also called ''Publio Cornelio Scipione'', is an opera seria in three acts, with music composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1726. The librettist was Paolo Antonio Rolli. Handel composed ''S ...

'', a 1726 opera by Handel * ''

Scipione affricano ''Scipione affricano'' (''Scipio Africanus'') is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli. It was designated as a '' dramma per musica''. The Italian libretto was by Nicolò Minato, based on Livy's " The Continence of Scipio". ...

'', an opera by Francesco Cavalli, premiered in 1664 * ''

Hannibal and Scipio ''Hannibal and Scipio'' is a Caroline era stage play, a classical tragedy written by Thomas Nabbes. The play was first performed in 1635 by Queen Henrietta's Men, and was first published in 1637. The first edition of the play contained a cast l ...

'', a play by Thomas Nabbes, first performed in 1635 * "Scipio", a song by

Sky The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the planetary surface, surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere of Earth, atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from ...

from the 1980 album ''

Sky 2 Sky Replay is a British pay television channel operated by Sky that began broadcasting in December 2002 as Sky One Mix. The channel was previously known as Sky Two from 2005 to 2020. The brand name and format had earlier been used for a sim ...

'' * Scipio, a character in Cornelia Funke's ''

The Thief Lord ''The Thief Lord'' is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company. It was Funke's fir ...

Ships

* HMS ''Scipio'', name of several British warships * HMS ''Scipion'', name of several British warships * French ship ''Scipion'', name of several French warships

Other

Scipionyx ''Scipionyx'' ( ) was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Pietraroja Formation of Italy, around 113 mya (unit), million years ago. There is only one fossil known of ''Scipionyx'', discovered in 1981 by an amateur paleontolog ...

, dinosaur * Scipio, character from the 2000 novel ''

'' * Scipio, a fictional planet in the sixth season of the animated television series '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' * Scipio, character from the

Southern Victory Series The ''Southern Victory'' series or Timeline-191 is a series of eleven alternate history novels by author Harry Turtledove, beginning with '' How Few Remain'' (1997) and published over a decade. The period addressed in the series begins during th ...

by Harry Turtledove