Scipio's extraordinary successes aroused intense jealousies and rivalries as the danger to Rome receded.
Unbeknownst to Scipio, this secretary had been Hannibal's mapmaker before that general's crushing defeat.
They were actually the great grandchildren of Scipio Africanus, hero of the war against Carthage.
In 2009, Bolli was ready to launch the SCIPIO trial (Cardiac Stem Cells in Patients with Cardiomyopathy).
Scipio's amanuensis, who is taking the great man's dictation, tells his own story at the same time.
And, back standing to attention, in one voice they called out, 'Publius Cornelius Scipio, we greet you.
Scipio was also an immensely able diplomat who undermined critical Carthaginian alliances and then, in triumph, proposed a temperate peace.
Innovative and energetic, Scipio dramatically changed Roman military strategy and tactics, ultimately out-Hannibaling Hannibal at the decisive battle of Zama.
This novel has Scipio dictating his memoirs as he awaits the verdict of his impeachment trial, where a guilty verdict will mean death.
Scipio Africanus does not have the name recognition today of Julius Caesar, but there would have been no Caesar without Scipio's now largely forgotten achievements.
When the Romans under Scipio Aemilianus defeated Carthage in 146 B.
But he was ultimately overcome by Scipio Africanus, an equally brilliant commander, who learned much of tactics and propaganda from his opponent and whose nation possessed a unique determination and resilience.
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