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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Scipio Aemilianus

Battles of Scipio Aemilianus

Roman politician and general (185–129 BC), 185 BC to 129 BC

Scipio Aemilianus is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 149 BC and 134 BC: 1 battle, 2 sieges and 2 naval actions across 2 present-day countries, most in Tunisia (4), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,327 km apart end to end, 332 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Third Punic War (4).

Siege of CarthageBattle of Lake TunisBattle of the Port of CarthageSecond Battle of NepherisSiege of NumantiaSiege of CarthageSiege of NumantiaBarcelonaAlgiersValenciaConstantineAnnabaSousseMurciaPalmaSétifSassari500 km39.212N, 4.028E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

149 BC: 2 engagements2 in 149 BC147 BC: 2 engagements2 in 147 BC134 BC: 1 engagements149 BC134 BC
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Carthage, 149 BCBattle of Lake Tunis, 149 BCBattle of the Port of Carthage, 147 BCSecond Battle of Nepheris, 147 BCSiege of Numantia, 134 BC149 BC134 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
149 BCSiege of CarthageCarthage, TunisiaRoman victory
27 July 149 BCBattle of Lake TunisLake of Tunis, Tunisia8 km SWCarthaginian victory
147 BCBattle of the Port of CarthageGulf of Tunis, Tunisia30 km NECarthaginian victory
147 BCSecond Battle of NepherisNepheris, Tunisia44 km SRoman victory
134 BCSiege of NumantiaNumantia, Spain1,245 km NWRoman victory with destruction of the city

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, John Leech, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.