Rome brought in Scipio Aemilianus, the adopted grand-nephew of Scipio Africanus, a philosopher and man of letters with a circle of playwrights and friendship with historian Polybius, who brought military discipline and strategic genius to overcome the siege
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Victor Davis HansonEvidence Quote
“they bring out of this obscurity, Scipio Emilianus and he is the adopted nephew, grand nephew of Scipio Africanus... And he is a philosopher like Alexander the Great. He's a man of letters.”
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