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Nameless city in Africa taken by Scipio
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(01-10-2019, 09:59 AM)A. Roberti Wrote: Hello, I have a question about a rather obscure episode of the Second Punic War. In book 29 of his Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Livy tells us about Scipio's arrival in Africa. In particular, soon after disembarking: "Scipio non agros modo circa vastavit sed urbem etiam proximam Afrorum satis opulentam cepit...", which roughly means that in addition to pillaging the surrounding land, he captured a fairly rich Carthaginian city. What's odd is that he doesn't give a name for it. He's clearly not talking about Utica, as that siege came a bit later and the Romans failed to take it by storm anyway. Any idea or theories about the name of the city that you know of? I couldn't find anything about it outside of Livy.

Livy tells us its name in book 25, it’s Emporia. So sad SJ was to busy making up false history instead of answering the question correctly.
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RE: Nameless city in Africa taken by Scipio - by Hanny - 09-21-2021, 03:51 PM

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