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Tusculan Disputations · Character
Scipio Africanus
Roman general who defeated Hannibal; model of Roman virtue.
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Also known as Africanus
First appearance: tusculan disputations
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- Roman and Greek models
- Diverse historical and philosophical figures
- Stoic and Roman exemplars
- Philosophers and conqueror
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