Scipio

Scipio may refer to:

People

Ancient Rome

• Scipio (cognomen), a cognomen used by a prominent family of the gens Cornelia during the Roman Republic; for a list of individuals, see gens Cornelia, but especially:
  • Scipio Africanus (236/235 – 183 BC), Roman politician and general who defeated the Carthaginian leader Hannibal in 202 BC
  • Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (died after 183 BC), Roman politician and general who defeated the Seleucid King Antiochus III in 190 BC, and younger brother of Scipio Africanus
  • Scipio Aemilianus (185 – 129 BC), Roman politician and general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC, and adoptive grandson of Scipio Africanus
  • Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (c. 100/98 – 46 BC), mostly known as Metellus Scipio, politician who notably opposed Julius Caesar

Given names

• Scipio Africanus Jones (1863–1943), African-American educator
• Scipio Africanus (slave) (c. 1702 – 1720), African slave in England known for his epitaph
• Scipio Colombo (1910–2002), Italian opera singer
• Scipio Moorhead (active c. 1773), enslaved African-American artist
• Scipio Slataper (1888–1915), writer from Austro-Hungarian Trieste
• Scipio Spinks (born 1947), American baseball player
• Scipion Abeille (died 1697), French surgeon
• Scipione Ammirato (1531–1601), Italian historian
• Scipione Barbò Soncino (active by 1570s), Italian jurist
• Scipione Borghese (1577–1633), Italian cardinal
• Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona (1871–1927), Italian prince
• Scipione Breislak (1748–1826), Italian geologist
• Scipione del Ferro (1465–1526), Italian mathematician
• Scipione de' Ricci (1741–1810), Italian bishop
• Scipione Gentili (1563–1616), Italian law professor
• Scipione (Gino Bonichi) (1904–1933), Italian painter
• Scipione Pulzone (1544–1598), Italian painter
• Scipione Rebiba (1504–1577), Italian cardinal
• Scipione Tecchi (1854–1915), Italian cardinal
• Elmer Scipio Dundy (1830–1896), Nebraska judge
• Andrew Scipione (born 1958), Australian police commissioner
• Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei (1675–1755), Italian writer

Pseudonym

• Scipio, pseudonym used by Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757 – 1804), American lawyer and statesman

Place names

United States

Indiana

• Scipio, Indiana and Ohio (Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County, Ohio)
• Scipio, Indiana (Jennings County)
• Scipio Township, Allen County, Indiana
• Scipio Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

Kansas

• Scipio, Kansas

Michigan

• Scipio Township, Michigan

New York

• Scipio, New York (Cayuga County)

Ohio

• Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio
• Scipio Township, Seneca County, Ohio
• Scipio, Ohio (Butler County)

Utah

• Scipio, Utah (Millard County)

Elsewhere

• Tomb of the Scipios, Italy

Creative works

• Dream of Scipio (Latin: Somnium Scipionis), a story by Cicero, c. 51 BC
• The Dream of Scipio (novel), a 2002 novel by Iain Pears
• Il sogno di Scipione, a dramatic serenade by Mozart, premiered in 1772
  • Scipio's Dream, a 1992 opera by Judith Weir
• Scipione, a 1726 opera by Handel
• Scipione affricano, an opera by Francesco Cavalli, premiered in 1664
• Hannibal and Scipio, a play by Thomas Nabbes, first performed in 1635
• "Scipio", a song by Sky from the 1980 album Sky 2

Ships

• HMS Scipio, name of several British warships
• HMS Scipion, name of several British warships
• French ship Scipion, name of several French warships

Other

• Scipionyx, dinosaur
• Scipio, character from the 2000 novel The Thief Lord
• Scipio, a fictional planet in the sixth season of the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Scipio, character from the Southern Victory Series by Harry Turtledove