What Does Scipio Mean?

Scipio was the third of the three given names of a famous general in the Roman army. His full name was Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus. He commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War. He defeated Hannibal at Zama during that war that took place between the year 237 B.C. and the year 183 B.C.

Scipio is a singular word. The plural form of the word Scipio is Scipiones. It is defined as a Roman cognomen. It was used by a branch of the Cornelii family. The Scipiones were traditionally the political allies of the Paulii branch of the Aemilius.

The family tomb which belonged to Scipiones dated back to the third century B.C. it was rediscovered by archaeologists in the year 1780. It contained one of the earliest collections of Latin inscriptions. The findings from the Scipiones' family tomb also contain an important source of historical information about the Roman Republic.

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