# Scipio

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**Scipio** may refer to:

## People

### Ancient Rome

- [Scipio Aemilianus](/source/Scipio_Aemilianus), Roman general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC
- [Scipio Africanus](/source/Scipio_Africanus), Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian leader Hannibal in 202 BC
- [Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus](/source/Lucius_Cornelius_Scipio_Asiaticus), brother of Africanus, Roman general who defeated the Seleucid king Antiochus III in 190 BC
- [Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina](/source/Gnaeus_Cornelius_Scipio_Asina), Roman general who was defeated in the Battle of the Lipari Islands in 260 BC
- [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio](/source/Quintus_Caecilius_Metellus_Pius_Scipio), Roman politician, opponent of Julius Caesar
- [Cornelius Scipio (disambiguation)](/source/Cornelius_Scipio_(disambiguation))

### Given names

- [Scipio Africanus Jones](/source/Scipio_Africanus_Jones) (1863–1943), African-American educator
- [Scipio Africanus (slave)](/source/Scipio_Africanus_(slave)) (c. 1702 – 1720), African slave in England known for his epitaph
- [Scipio Colombo](/source/Scipio_Colombo) (1910–2002), Italian opera singer
- [Scipio Moorhead](/source/Scipio_Moorhead) (active c. 1773), enslaved African-American artist
- [Scipio Slataper](/source/Scipio_Slataper) (1888–1915), writer from Austro-Hungarian Trieste
- [Scipio Spinks](/source/Scipio_Spinks) (born 1947), American baseball player
- [Scipion Abeille](/source/Scipion_Abeille) (died 1697), French surgeon
- [Scipione Ammirato](/source/Scipione_Ammirato) (1531–1601), Italian historian
- [Scipione Barbò Soncino](/source/Scipione_Barb%C3%B2_Soncino) (active by 1570s), Italian jurist
- [Scipione Borghese](/source/Scipione_Borghese) (1577–1633), Italian cardinal
- [Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona](/source/Scipione_Borghese,_10th_Prince_of_Sulmona) (1871–1927), Italian prince
- [Scipione Breislak](/source/Scipione_Breislak) (1748–1826), Italian geologist
- [Scipione del Ferro](/source/Scipione_del_Ferro) (1465��1526), Italian mathematician
- [Scipione de' Ricci](/source/Scipione_de'_Ricci) (1741–1810), Italian bishop
- [Scipione Gentili](/source/Scipione_Gentili) (1563–1616), German law professor
- [Scipione (Gino Bonichi)](/source/Scipione_(Gino_Bonichi)) (1904–1933), Italian painter
- [Scipione Pulzone](/source/Scipione_Pulzone) (1544–1598), Italian painter
- [Scipione Rebiba](/source/Scipione_Rebiba) (1504–1577), Italian cardinal
- [Scipione Tecchi](/source/Scipione_Tecchi) (1854–1915), Italian cardinal
- [Elmer Scipio Dundy](/source/Elmer_Scipio_Dundy) (1830–1896), Nebraska judge
- [Andrew Scipione](/source/Andrew_Scipione) (born 1958), Australian police commissioner
- [Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei](/source/Francesco_Scipione,_marchese_di_Maffei) (1675–1755), Italian writer

### Pseudonym

- Scipio, pseudonym used by [Alexander Hamilton](/source/Alexander_Hamilton) (1755 or 1757 – 1804), American lawyer and statesman

## Place names

### United States

#### Indiana

- [Scipio, Indiana and Ohio](/source/Scipio,_Indiana_and_Ohio), an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County, Ohio
- [Scipio, Indiana](/source/Scipio,_Indiana), a census-designated place in Jennings County
- [Scipio Township, Allen County, Indiana](/source/Scipio_Township,_Allen_County,_Indiana)
- [Scipio Township, LaPorte County, Indiana](/source/Scipio_Township,_LaPorte_County,_Indiana)

#### Kansas

- [Scipio, Kansas](/source/Scipio,_Kansas)

#### Michigan

- [Scipio Township, Michigan](/source/Scipio_Township,_Michigan)

#### New York

- [Scipio, New York](/source/Scipio,_New_York) (Cayuga County)

#### Ohio

- [Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio](/source/Scipio_Township,_Meigs_County,_Ohio)
- [Scipio Township, Seneca County, Ohio](/source/Scipio_Township,_Seneca_County,_Ohio)
- [Scipio, Ohio](/source/Scipio,_Ohio), in Butler County

#### Oklahoma

- [Scipio, Oklahoma](/source/Scipio,_Oklahoma)

#### Utah

- [Scipio, Utah](/source/Scipio,_Utah) (Millard County)

### Italy

- [Tomb of the Scipios](/source/Tomb_of_the_Scipios)

## Creative works

- *[Dream of Scipio](/source/Dream_of_Scipio)* (Latin: *Somnium Scipionis*), a story by Cicero, c. 51 BC
- *[The Dream of Scipio (novel)](/source/The_Dream_of_Scipio_(novel))*, a 2002 novel by Iain Pears
- *[Il sogno di Scipione](/source/Il_sogno_di_Scipione)*, a dramatic serenade by Mozart, premiered in 1772 - *Scipio's Dream*, a 1992 opera by Judith Weir
- *[Scipione](/source/Scipione)*, a 1726 opera by Handel
- *[Scipione affricano](/source/Scipione_affricano)*, an opera by Francesco Cavalli, premiered in 1664
- *[Hannibal and Scipio](/source/Hannibal_and_Scipio)*, a play by Thomas Nabbes, first performed in 1635
- "Scipio", a song by [Sky](/source/Sky_(English/Australian_band)) from the 1980 album *[Sky 2](/source/Sky_2_(album))*
- Scipio, a character in Cornelia Funke's *[The Thief Lord](/source/The_Thief_Lord)*

## Ships

- [HMS *Scipio*](/source/HMS_Scipio), name of several British warships
- [HMS *Scipion*](/source/HMS_Scipion), name of several British warships
- [French ship *Scipion*](/source/French_ship_Scipion), name of several French warships

## Other

- [Scipionyx](/source/Scipionyx), dinosaur
- Scipio, character from the 2000 novel *[The Thief Lord](/source/The_Thief_Lord)*
- Scipio, a fictional planet in the sixth season of the animated television series *[Star Wars: The Clone Wars](/source/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series))*
- Scipio, character from the [Southern Victory Series](/source/Southern_Victory_Series) by Harry Turtledove

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