Hannibal vs. Scipio
[han-uh-buhl]
/ ˈhæn ə bəl /
noun
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247–183 b.c., Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy (son of Hamilcar Barca).
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a port in NE Missouri, on the Mississippi: Mark Twain's boyhood home.
[sip-ee-oh, skip-]
/ ˈsɪp iˌoʊ, ˈskɪp- /
noun
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major Scipio the Elder, 237–183 b.c., Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
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his adopted grandson Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor Scipio the Younger, c185–129 b.c., Roman general: besieger and destroyer of Carthage.
