The Magnanimity of Scipio Africanus  1500

[i]Attributed to Michele da Verona [br][/i]According to the ancient Roman writer Livy (64 BCE-12 CE), the Roman general Scipio Africanus (236-183 BCE) captured a young maiden during his siege of the town of Cartagena in Spain. Female prisoners were usually brutalized by their Roman abductors but Scipio treated his captive with respect. He eventually returned her safely to ...