Scipio

Scipio may refer to:

People

Ancient Rome

• Scipio Aemilianus, Roman general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC
• Scipio Africanus, Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian leader Hannibal in 202 BC
• Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, brother of Africanus, Roman general who defeated the Seleucid king Antiochus III in 190 BC
• Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina, Roman general who was defeated in the Battle of the Lipari Islands in 260 BC
• Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Roman politician, opponent of Julius Caesar
• Cornelius Scipio (disambiguation)

Given names

• Scipio Africanus Jones (1863–1943), African-American educator
• Scipio Africanus (slave) ( – 1720), African slave in England known for his epitaph
• Scipio Colombo (1910–2002), Italian opera singer
• Scipio Moorhead (active ), enslaved African-American artist
• Scipio Slataper (1888–1915), writer from Austro-Hungarian Trieste
• Scipio Spinks (born 1947), American baseball player
• Scipion Abeille (died 1697), French surgeon
• Scipione Ammirato (1531–1601), Italian historian
• Scipione Barbò Soncino (active by 1570s), Italian jurist
• Scipione Borghese (1577–1633), Italian cardinal
• Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona (1871–1927), Italian prince
• Scipione Breislak (1748–1826), Italian geologist
• Scipione del Ferro (1465–1526), Italian mathematician
• Scipione de' Ricci (1741–1810), Italian bishop
• Scipione Gentili (1563–1616), German law professor
• Scipione (Gino Bonichi) (1904–1933), Italian painter
• Scipione Pulzone (1544–1598), Italian painter
• Scipione Rebiba (1504–1577), Italian cardinal
• Scipione Tecchi (1854–1915), Italian cardinal
• Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830–1896), Nebraska judge
• Andrew Scipione (born 1958), Australian police commissioner
• Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei (1675–1755), Italian writer

Pseudonym

• Scipio, pseudonym used by Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757 – 1804), American lawyer and statesman

Place names

United States

Indiana

• Scipio, Indiana and Ohio, an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County, Ohio
• Scipio, Indiana, a census-designated place in Jennings County
• Scipio Township, Allen County, Indiana
• Scipio Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

Kansas

• Scipio, Kansas

Michigan

• Scipio Township, Michigan

New York

• Scipio, New York (Cayuga County)

Ohio

• Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio
• Scipio Township, Seneca County, Ohio
• Scipio, Ohio, in Butler County

Oklahoma

• Scipio, Oklahoma

Utah

• Scipio, Utah (Millard County)

Italy

• Tomb of the Scipios

Creative works

• Dream of Scipio (), a story by Cicero,
• The Dream of Scipio (novel), a 2002 novel by Iain Pears
• Il sogno di Scipione, a dramatic serenade by Mozart, premiered in 1772
• Scipio's Dream, a 1992 opera by Judith Weir
• Scipione, a 1726 opera by Handel
• Scipione affricano, an opera by Francesco Cavalli, premiered in 1664
• Hannibal and Scipio, a play by Thomas Nabbes, first performed in 1635
• "Scipio", a song by Sky from the 1980 album Sky 2
• Scipio, a character in Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord

Ships

• HMS Scipio, name of several British warships
• HMS Scipion, name of several British warships
• French ship Scipion, name of several French warships

Other

• Scipionyx, dinosaur
• Scipio, character from the 2000 novel The Thief Lord
• Scipio, a fictional planet in the sixth season of the animated television series '
• Scipio, character from the Southern Victory Series by Harry Turtledove

See also