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- Word comparison: Hannibal vs. Scipio
Hannibal vs. Scipio
noun
- 247–183 b.c., Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy (son of Hamilcar Barca).
- a port in NE Missouri, on the Mississippi: Mark Twain's boyhood home.
noun
- Pub·li·us Cor·nel·ius Scipio Af·ri·ca·nus Major [puhb, -lee-, uh, s kawr-, neel, -y, uh, s, af-ri-, key, -n, uh, s, -, kan, -, uh, s, -, kahn, -], Scipio the Elder, 237–183 b.c., Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- his adopted grandson Publius Cornelius Scipio Ae·mil·i·a·nus Africanus Minor [ee-mil-ee-, ey, -n, uh, s], Scipio the Younger, c185–129 b.c., Roman general: besieger and destroyer of Carthage.