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| name               = Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus
| image              = Bronze statue of a Hellenistic prince, 1st half of 2nd century BC, found on the Quirinal in Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome (31479801364).jpg
| image_upright      = 1.1
| alt                = Male head of a bronze statue
| caption            = The so-called "[[Hellenistic Prince]]", tentatively identified as Scipio Aemilianus<ref>Coarelli p. 187</ref>
| birth_date         = 185 BC
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| death_date         = 129 BC (aged 55–56)
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| nationality        = Roman
| occupation         = General and statesman
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| spouse             = [[Sempronia (sister of the Gracchi)|Sempronia]]
| relatives          = [[Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus]] (father)<br>[[Scipio Africanus]] (adoptive grandfather)<br>[[Tiberius Gracchus|Ti. Gracchus]] (brother-in-law)
| module             = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| rank          = [[Proconsul]]
| battles       = [[Third Punic War]]<br>• [[Battle of the Port of Carthage]]<br>• [[Battle of Nepheris (147 BC)|Second Battle of Nepheris]]<br>• [[Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)|Siege of Carthage]]<br>[[Numantine War]]<br>• [[Siege of Numantia]]
| battles_label = Wars
| awards        = 2 [[Roman triumphs]]
}}
}}

'''Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus''' (185–129 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. He is commonly called  '''Scipio Aemilianus''', or '''Scipio the Younger. '''He became known because he was a successful general in the [[Third Punic War]] against [[Carthage]].  He was present, when Carthage was defeated and destroyed. He was also successful in the Numantine War in Spain. He also supported writers and philiosophers, called a patron. The most famous of these people he supported was probably the Greek historian Polybius. In politics, he opposed the populist reform program of his murdered brother-in-law, [[Tiberius Gracchus]].

== Notes ==
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== References ==

=== Ancient sources ===

* Appian, ''Roman History'', Book 6, ''The Wars in Spain'', Loeb Classical Library, Vol I, Books 1–8.1., Loeb, 1989; {{ISBN|978-0674990029}}
* Appian, ''Roman History'', Book 8 Part 1, ''The Punic Wars'', Loeb Classical Library, Vol III, Books 1–3.26., Loeb, 1989;  {{ISBN|978-0674990029}}
* Appian, ''Roman History'', Book 13, ''The Civil Wars'' (Book I) in Spain, Loeb Classical Library, Vol I, Books 1–81., Loeb, 1989; {{ISBN|978-0674990050}}
* Cicero, ''De oratore I-III'', Bloomsbury 3PL; new edition, 2013; {{ISBN|978-1853996313}}
* Florus ''Epitome of Roman History'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015; {{ISBN|978-1519684851}}
* Plutarch, ''Tiberius Gracchus'', ''Caius Gracchus'', ''Romulus,'' in ''Plutarch's Lives'' (two volumes), Modern Library, 2001; Vol. 1 {{ISBN|978-0375756764}}; Vol 2 {{ISBN|978-0375756771}}
* Polybius, ''The Histories'', Oxford World's Classics, OUP Oxford, 2010; {{ISBN|978-0199534708}}
* Velleius Paterculus, Roman History, Hackett Publishing, 2011; {{ISBN|978-1603845915}}
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