Book contents
- Hannibal and Scipio
- Reviews
- Frontispiece
- Hannibal and Scipio
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Notes for the Reader
- Additional material
- Additional material
- Timeline
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Hannibal and Scipio on Themselves
- Chapter 2 Origins
- Chapter 3 Hannibal Victorious, 221–216
- Chapter 4 Scipio 216–205
- Chapter 5 Hannibal Frustrated in Italy, 216–208
- Chapter 6 Overseas Commands
- Chapter 7 Politics and Factions at Carthage and Rome
- Chapter 8 The Tipping Point
- Chapter 9 Hannibal and Scipio Meet and Fight at Last
- Chapter 10 The Religion of Hannibal and Scipio
- Chapter 11 Scipio Triumphant, 202–193
- Chapter 12 Hannibal as Political Reformer at Carthage, 196
- Chapter 13 Hannibal, Scipio, and the Greek World
- Chapter 14 Hannibal Flees to Antiochus III; His Intrigues; 195–193
- Chapter 15 Hannibal and Scipio as Military Advisers in the Late 190s: The Road to Magnesia, 190
- Chapter 16 Hannibal and Scipio
- Chapter 17 Hannibal’s Years of Wandering, 190–183
- Chapter 18 The Downfall and Death of Scipio, 187–183
- Chapter 19 Afterlives
- Chapter 20 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Chapter 18 - The Downfall and Death of Scipio, 187–183
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2024
- Hannibal and Scipio
- Reviews
- Frontispiece
- Hannibal and Scipio
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Notes for the Reader
- Additional material
- Additional material
- Timeline
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Hannibal and Scipio on Themselves
- Chapter 2 Origins
- Chapter 3 Hannibal Victorious, 221–216
- Chapter 4 Scipio 216–205
- Chapter 5 Hannibal Frustrated in Italy, 216–208
- Chapter 6 Overseas Commands
- Chapter 7 Politics and Factions at Carthage and Rome
- Chapter 8 The Tipping Point
- Chapter 9 Hannibal and Scipio Meet and Fight at Last
- Chapter 10 The Religion of Hannibal and Scipio
- Chapter 11 Scipio Triumphant, 202–193
- Chapter 12 Hannibal as Political Reformer at Carthage, 196
- Chapter 13 Hannibal, Scipio, and the Greek World
- Chapter 14 Hannibal Flees to Antiochus III; His Intrigues; 195–193
- Chapter 15 Hannibal and Scipio as Military Advisers in the Late 190s: The Road to Magnesia, 190
- Chapter 16 Hannibal and Scipio
- Chapter 17 Hannibal’s Years of Wandering, 190–183
- Chapter 18 The Downfall and Death of Scipio, 187–183
- Chapter 19 Afterlives
- Chapter 20 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
Scipio’s downfall is superficially surprising: the charges were obviously invented, although he was not helped by his own arrogance. The disgrace and death in humiliating retirement of a successful, patriotic general seems a display of petty ingratitude. But in the Roman Republic, no individual, however gifted and successful, must be allowed to become too wealthy from booty or too politically powerful. The main agent of his disgrace (two phases, 187, 184), was Cato. Livy’s narrative is gripping but confused. Polybius treated the troubles of the Scipio brothers only as part of an anecdotal obituary. In 187, Cato put up two tribunes to demand an account of the money which Lucius received from Antiochus as part-payment of war indemnity. Publius, the real target, angrily tore up the account book which could have cleared him. He himself was prosecuted (184). It never came to trial. He died at his Campanian villa (183).
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- Hannibal and ScipioParallel Lives, pp. 384 - 394Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024