{"slug": "scipio-aemilianus", "label": "Scipio Aemilianus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Aemilianus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2307", "qid": "Q2307", "description": "Roman politician and general (185–129 BC)", "entries": 12, "years": 10, "span": [-184, -128], "span_label": ["185 BCE", "129 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus", "Scipio Aemilianus Africanus"], "related": [{"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "carthage", "label": "Carthage", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "numidia", "label": "Numidia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "numantia", "label": "Numantia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "masinissa", "label": "Masinissa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "achaea", "label": "Achaea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cato-the-elder", "label": "Cato the Elder", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jugurtha", "label": "Jugurtha", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "douro", "label": "Douro", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -184, "year_label": "185 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, leading general and politician of the Roman Republic. As consul he will be the commander of the final siege and destruction of Carthage and will be the leader of the senators opposed to the Gracchi (d. 129 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369352571#Births", "title": "185 BC", "revid": 1369352571, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -150, "year_label": "151 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "At Polybius' request, Scipio Aemilianus manages to gain the support of the Roman statesman Cato the Elder (whose son has married Scipio's sister Aemilia) for a proposal to release (and return to Greece) the 300 Achaean internees who are still being held without trial after being deported to Rome in 167 BC.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267837944#Roman_Republic", "title": "151 BC", "revid": 1267837944, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -149, "year_label": "150 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Scipio Aemilianus is sent by the Roman general, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, to Numidia to obtain some elephants from the Numidian king Masinissa, the friend of his grandfather Scipio Africanus. While there, he witnesses a great but indecisive battle between the Numidians and the Carthaginians. The latter then ask Scipio Aemilianus to arrange a settlement, but the negotiations break down.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210509839#Carthage", "title": "150 BC", "revid": 1210509839, "section": "Events › By place › Carthage"}}, {"year": -147, "year_label": "148 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus divides Numidia among the three sons of the recently deceased Masinissa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341236547#Roman_Republic", "title": "148 BC", "revid": 1341236547, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -146, "year_label": "147 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Despite being the five years below the minimum age required, Scipio Aemilianus is elected Consul under popular pressure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561239#Roman_Republic", "title": "147 BC", "revid": 1369561239, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -145, "year_label": "146 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Carthage falls to Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus and the city is completely destroyed. End of the Third Punic War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354349690#Africa", "title": "146 BC", "revid": 1354349690, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": -139, "year_label": "140 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Scipio Aemilianus leads a group of Roman ambassadors to Alexandria, where they meet with King Ptolemy VIII.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326020441#Africa", "title": "140 BC", "revid": 1326020441, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": -133, "year_label": "134 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Scipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthage, takes command in Spain against the Numantians. He recruits 20,000 men and 40,000 allies, including Numidian cavalry under Jugurtha. Scipio, an expert in sieges, builds a ring of seven forts and a ditch palisade before beginning the Siege of Numantia. The perimeter of the circumvallations is twice as long as that of the city. The river Durius (Douro), enables the defenders to be supplied by small boats.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1175484109#Roman_Republic", "title": "134 BC", "revid": 1175484109, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -132, "year_label": "133 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, as consul, is sent against the slaves in Italy. Gaius Marius serves under Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus at Numantia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1225573331#Roman_Republic", "title": "133 BC", "revid": 1225573331, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -132, "year_label": "133 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Scipio Aemilianus captures Numantia, after a siege of eight months, suffering famine and pestilence. The remnant population of 4,000 citizens, surrender and set their city on fire. Thus ends the Numantine War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1225573331#Roman_Republic", "title": "133 BC", "revid": 1225573331, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -128, "year_label": "129 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Scipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthage is possibly assassinated by his enemies in Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561461#The_Roman_Republic", "title": "129 BC", "revid": 1369561461, "section": "Events › By place › The Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -128, "year_label": "129 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus (Africanus the Younger) (b. 185 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561461#Deaths", "title": "129 BC", "revid": 1369561461, "section": "Deaths"}}]}