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) ( – 1720), African slave in England known for his epitaph
  • Scipio Colombo (1910–2002), Italian opera singer
  • Scipio Moorhead (active ), 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, an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana, and Butler County, Ohio
  • Scipio, Indiana, a census-designated place in 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 (), a story by Cicero,
  • 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

See also