Scipio Africanus is best known for defeating Hannibal.
 Scipio's army then marched towards Hannibal's veterans, who had not yet taken part in the battle
== Campaign in Hispania == In 211 BC, both Scipio's father, Publius Scipio, and uncle, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, were killed at the Battle of the Upper Baetis in Spain against Hannibal's brother, Hasdrubal Barca

