Scipio may refer to:

People

Ancient Rome

Scipio Aemilianus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (185–129 BC), known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio Africanus the Younger, was a Roman general and statesman noted for his military exploits in the Third Punic War against Carthage and during the ...

, 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 Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (properly Asiagenes; 3rd century BC – after 183 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. He was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio and the younger brother of Scipio Africanus. He was elected co ...

, brother of Africanus, Roman general who defeated the Seleucid king Antiochus III in 190 BC *

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina (lived 3rd century BC) was a Roman general and statesman involved in the First Punic War. Scipio Asina belonged to the patrician family of the Cornelii Scipiones. He was son of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and ...

, Roman general who was defeated in the Battle of the Lipari Islands in 260 BC *

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (c. 95 – 46 BC), often referred to as Metellus Scipio, was a Roman senator and military commander. During the civil war between Julius Caesar and the senatorial faction led by Pompey, he was a staunch supp ...

, 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 Scipio Colombo (25 May 1910 – 13 April 2002) was an Italian dramatic baritone, and was known for his abilities as a musician and singing-actor. Born in Vicenza, Italy, Colombo first studied philosophy at the University of Padua, before tur ...

(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 Scipione Ammirato (October 7, 1531January 11, 1601) was an Italian historian and philosopher. He is now regarded as an important founding figure in the scholarly study of the history of philosophy. He is best known for his political treatise '' ...

(1531–1601), Italian historian * Scipione Barbò Soncino (active by 1570s), Italian jurist *

Scipione Borghese Scipione Borghese (; 1 September 1577 – 2 October 1633) was an Italian Cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini. His legacy is the establ ...

(1577–1633), Italian cardinal *

Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Prince Luigi Marcantonio Francesco Rodolfo Scipione Borghese, commonly known as Scipione Borghese (11 September 1871, Migliarino – 18 November 1927, Florence), was an Italian aristocrat, industrialist, politician, explorer, mountain climber a ...

(1871–1927), Italian prince * Scipione Breislak (1748–1826), Italian geologist *

Scipione del Ferro Scipione del Ferro (6 February 1465 – 5 November 1526) was an Italian mathematician who first discovered a method to solve the depressed cubic equation. Life Scipione del Ferro was born in Bologna, in northern Italy, to Floriano and Filip ...

(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 Andrew Phillip Scipione, (born 31 March 1958) is a former police officer who served as Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force, succeeding Ken Moroney on 31 August 2007. He retired from the New South Wales Police Force on 31 March 2017 ...

(born 1958), Australian police commissioner *

Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei Francesco Scipione Maffei (; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was a Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables of ...

(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 (Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County, Ohio) * Scipio, Indiana (Jennings County) * Scipio Township, Allen County, Indiana *

Scipio Township, LaPorte County, Indiana Scipio Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana LaPorte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 111,467. The county seat is the city of La Porte, and the largest city ...

Kansas

* Scipio, Kansas

Michigan

* Scipio Township, Michigan

New York

Scipio, New York Scipio is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,713 at the 2010 census. Scipio is centrally located in the southern half of the county, south of Auburn. History Scipio was part of the Central New York Military ...

(Cayuga County)

Ohio

Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio Scipio Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,050 people in the township. Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Alexander T ...

* Scipio Township, Seneca County, Ohio * Scipio, Ohio, in Butler County

Oklahoma

* Scipio, Oklahoma

Utah

Scipio, Utah Scipio is a town on the eastern edge of Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. It lies in the oval-shaped ...

(Millard County)

Italy

Tomb of the Scipios The Tomb of the Scipios ( la, sepulcrum Scipionum), also called the , was the common tomb of the patrician Scipio family during the Roman Republic for interments between the early 3rd century BC and the early 1st century AD. Then it was abandoned ...

Creative works

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Dream of Scipio A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, althou ...

'' ( la, Somnium Scipionis, links=no), a story by Cicero, * ''

The Dream of Scipio (novel) ''The Dream of Scipio'' is a novel by Iain Pears. It is set in Provence at three different critical moments of Western civilization—the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Black Death in the fourteenth, the Second World Wa ...

'', a 2002 novel by Iain Pears * ''

Il sogno di Scipione ', K. 126, is a ''dramatic serenade'' in one act ('' azione teatrale'') composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which is based on the book ''Somnium Scipionis'' by Cicero; has been set to music several times. Mo ...

'', a dramatic serenade by Mozart, premiered in 1772 ** ''Scipio's Dream'', a 1992 opera by Judith Weir * ''

Scipione ''Scipione'' ( HWV 20), also called ''Publio Cornelio Scipione'', is an opera seria in three acts, with music composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1726. The librettist was Paolo Antonio Rolli. Handel composed ''S ...

'', a 1726 opera by Handel * '' Scipione affricano'', an opera by Francesco Cavalli, premiered in 1664 * ''

Hannibal and Scipio ''Hannibal and Scipio'' is a Caroline era stage play, a classical tragedy written by Thomas Nabbes. The play was first performed in 1635 by Queen Henrietta's Men, and was first published in 1637. The first edition of the play contained a cast l ...

'', a play by Thomas Nabbes, first performed in 1635 * "Scipio", a song by

Sky The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

from the 1980 album ''

Sky 2 Sky Replay is a British pay television channel operated by Sky as a sister channel to Sky Max and Sky Witness. The current channel began broadcasting (as Sky One Mix) in December 2002. The 'Sky 2' name and format had earlier been used for a si ...

'' * 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 ''Scipionyx'' ( ) was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Italy, around 113 million years ago. There is only one fossil known of ''Scipionyx'', discovered in 1981 by an amateur paleontologist and brought to the attention o ...

, dinosaur * Scipio, character from the 2000 novel '' The Thief Lord'' * Scipio, a fictional planet in the sixth season of the animated television series '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' * Scipio, character from the

Southern Victory Series The ''Southern Victory'' series or Timeline-191 is a series of eleven alternate history novels by author Harry Turtledove, beginning with ''How Few Remain'' (1997) and published over a decade. The period addressed in the series begins during the ...

by Harry Turtledove