Publius PERSON@1 , the consul who commanded the MISC@1 force sent to intercept PERSON@2 , and Scipio Africanus ' father , had not expected PERSON@2 to make an attempt to cross the LOCATION@1 , since the Romans were prepared to fight the war in LOCATION@2 .

Publius PERSON@1 commanded the MISC@1 force sent to stop PERSON@2 .
