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Publius Scipio was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio, a Roman consul who
served in the Second Punic War. The younger Scipio watched his father’s
defeats at the hands of the Carthaginians, and lost his father to Hasdrubal
Barca at the Battle of the Upper Baetis. Years later, as Hannibal Barca was
rampaging through Italy, young Scipio was finally given a consulship. He
first swept through Iberia, taking Carthage’s Spanish colonies before
moving onto Africa. In 202 BCE, Scipio faced Hannibal outside the walls of
Carthage. At the Battle of Zama, Scipio neutralized Hannibal’s elephants and
defeated Rome’s enemy, earning the agnomen Africanus.
Use Publius Scipio Africanus, the bane of Carthage, to outwit and utterly
defeat your opponents in the Anachronism arena!
ANACHRONISM
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• Dahiyah al-Kahina
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• Memnon
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• Ethelfleda
• Henry V
• King Edward
• Uther Pendragon
• William the Conqueror
• Hamilcar Barca
• Hannibal Barca
• Hasdrubal
• Himilco
• Xanthippus
Set 8
PUBLIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS
• ACHILLEA
• FABIUS MAXIMUS
• GNAEUS POMPEIUS MAXIMUS
• HORATIUS COCLES
• PUBLIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS
Vital Stats
Name: Publius Scipio Africanus
a.k.a.: Publius Cornelius Scipio
Africanus Major, “the Roman
Hannibal”
PUBLIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS
ACHELOUS
Culture: Roman
Lived: 236 — 183 BCE
Title: Consul of Rome
Served: 205, 194 BCE
Anachronism Connections:
Lost his father to Hasdrubal, defeated
Hannibal Barca at the Battle of Zama.
Battles & Wars:
Second Punic War
Third Punic War
War against Antiochus III
Roman • Warrior • Male
Roman • Inspiration • Deity
Vinco Ars: At the start of each round, you may lose
1 speed for that round. If you do, when you make an
attack roll that round, roll three dice instead of two.
Before you complete the roll, exclude one die from
the roll. That attack cannot be a critical hit.
Divortium Rumor: After an opponent uses a card
ability to move or to make an attack, the next time you
make an attack roll, you may increase one of the dice in
the attack or defense roll by up to two.
“On the morrow they went out to battle - the two most brilliant
generals and the two strongest armies that the two most powerful nations possessed - to crown on that day the many honours
they had won, or for ever lose them.” —Livy, Ab Urbe condita
“These are fictions you tell of, Achelous, and you credit the gods
with too much power, if you think they can give and take away
the forms of things.” —Pirithous. Ovid, Metamorphoses
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LORICA MUSCULATA
GLADIUS HISPANIENSIS
Roman • Weapon • Sword (1 Hand)
Roman • Armor • Torso
Imperiosus Vesica: When you make an attack roll for
an attack with this weapon, if you are a Roman or
Spanish warrior, the roll gains +2.
Vestigium de Constituo: At the start of each round,
set all modifiers in all of your attack grids to +1.
Dominor: Once each game, after you make an attack
roll, the attack deals +1 damage.
The Romans were so impressed by the native sword of Hispania,
it became the model for the traditional gladius of the legions.
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CARTHAGO NOVA
Roman • Special • Location
Accelero: After any player makes a critical hit, gain 2
speed on your next turn.
Argumentum de Dignitas: When you make a defense
roll against a weapon attack, the roll gains +2.
Consisting of sculpted back and breastplates, and often ornately
decorated, the Roman muscle cuirass was a style of armor reserved
for high-ranking officers.
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“You will in actuality attack the walls of a single city, but in that
city you will have made yourselves masters of Spain.”
—Publius Scipio Africanus
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