A cikin 211 BC, duka mahaifin Scipio, Publius Scipio, da kawunsa, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, an kashe su a Yaƙin Upper Baetis a Spain a kan ɗan'uwan Hannibal, Hasdrubal Barca. A zaɓen sabon proconsul don umurnin sabuwar rundunar da Romawa suka yanke shawarar aikawa zuwa Hispania, Scipio shine kadai mutumin da ya isa ya nemi wannan matsayi, babu wasu 'yan takara da ke son alhakin, suna la'akari da hukuncin kisa. Duk da ƙuruciyarsa (25 shekaru), ƙwararrunsa da ƙwararrun harshe sun yi babban ra'ayi cewa an zabe shi baki ɗaya. A cikin shekarar da Scipio ya zo (211 BC), duk Hispania a kudancin kogin Ebro ya kasance a ƙarƙashin ikon Hannibal. 'Yan uwan Hannibal da Hasdrubal da Hasdrubal, da Gago da Mago.
211 KZ