Scipio Africanus as a political and military leader of a new type
The paper examines some of the political and military innovations introduced by Scipio Africanus. The most significant among them are long-term Spanish proconsulship of Scipio and the new system of patron-client relationship with indigenous tribes within which territory military operations were held. Adoption of a law regulating the land allotment to the veterans of Scipio which forestalled the political practice of the epoch of the Civil Wars was also of high importance. The author comes to a conclusion that in terms of the political and military activities Scipio shared features typologically drawing him together with the leaders of the Late Republic.