<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [Publius Cornelius Scipio the Elder], 237–183 B.C., Roman general who defeated Hannibal.</li><li>His adopted grandson Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor [Scipio the Younger], c. 185–129 B.C., Roman general: besieger and destroyer of Carthage.</li></ul>