person
Scipio Africanus
also: Africanum
Either the elder Scipio who beat Hannibal or the younger who razed Carthage; 'the African' whose valor built his tomb over the ruined city.
Reading notes
- The Epodes §9 the African
Scipio Africanus, conqueror of Carthage, whose valor 'built his tomb' over the ruined city; the other yardstick of triumph.