Scipio
# Scipio

Scipio may refer to:

## People

### Ancient Rome

* Scipio Aemilianus, Roman general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC
* Scipio Africanus, Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian leader Hannibal in 202 BC
* Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, brother of Africanus, Roman general who defeated the Seleucid king Antiochus III in 190 BC
* Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina, Roman general who was defeated in the Battle of the Lipari Islands in 260 BC
* Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio, Roman politician, opponent of Julius Caesar
* Cornelius Scipio (disambiguation)

### 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), German 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, in Butler County

**Oklahoma**

* Scipio, Oklahoma

**Utah**

* Scipio, Utah (Millard County)

### Italy

* Tomb of the Scipios

## 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
* Scipio, a character in Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord

## 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
