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The Continence of Scipio, 1640. Creator: Nicolas Poussin.

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The Continence of Scipio, 1640. The Continence of Scipio, or The Clemency of Scipio, is an episode in the life of the Roman general Scipio Africanus, recounted by the historian Livy. During Scipio's campaign in Spain during the Second Punic War, he refused to accept a ransom for a young female prisoner, returning her to her fiancé Allucius, who in return became a supporter of Rome. Scipio's magnanimous treatment of a prisoner was regarded as an example of mercy during warfare in classical times.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM26A29_240

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51.0Mo (4.4Mo) / 42.0cm x 30.4cm / 4960 x 3591 (300dpi)

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Italy female women woman people male man men painting country Rome French France guy smoke museum color armour Roman military war location century helmet gesturing prisoner general concept bowing release hand gesture releasing posture grateful gratitude mercy warfare 17th century hand Gestures oil Painting Colour laurel wreath Hermitage Museum throne crowning seventeenth century magnanimity merciful Second Punic War State Hermitage Museum Scipio Africanus the Elder setting free oil Nicolas Poussin Nicholas Poussin Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Titus Poussin Nicolas Livy Titus Livius Livius fasces Publius Cornelius Scipio Scipio Publius Cornelius Scipio Magnanimous Heritage Art Classicism laurel crown Africanus Scipio Africanus Canvas