Visual Timeline: Scipio Africanus the Elder

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236 BCE - 183 BCE: Life of Scipio Africanus.
 
218 BCE: Scipio Africanus lands an army at Empuries in northeastern Spain during the Second Punic War.
 
216 BCE: Scipio Africanus' first experience of Hannibal's tactics at the Battle of Cannae.
 
211 BCE: Scipio Africanus lands an army for the second time at Empuries in northeastern Spain during the Second Punic War.
 
 
210 BCE - 207 BCE: Scipio Africanus conquers Spain for Rome.
 
 
210 BCE: Pubius Cornelius Scipio Africanus landed in Emporiae with three legions.
 
209 BCE: Scipio Africanus captures the Carthaginian base and treasury Carthago Nova in southern Spain.
 
208 BCE: Scipio Africanus defeats a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal at Baecula in Spain.
 
207 BCE: Battle of Baecula: Scipio Africanus defeats and kills Hasdrubal.
 
206 BCE: Scipio Africanus wins the battle of Ilipa in Spain.
 
204 BCE - 203 BCE: Scipio Africanus wins two battles and besieges Utica in North Africa.
 
204 BCE: Scipio Africanus sails to North Africa in the Second Punic War.
 
203 BCE: Scipio Africanus attacks the two camps of Syphax and Gisgo in North Africa and destroys their armies.
 
203 BCE: Scipio Africanus defeats a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal in North Africa.
 
203 BCE: Hannibal is recalled from Italy to defend Carthage against Scipio Africanus.
 
202 BCE: Battle of Zama: Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War.
 
185 BCE: Scipio Africanus retires to his estate in Liternum.
 
183 BCE: Death of Scipio Africanus.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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