It is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in public memory - but it is Scipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) who never lost a single battle as a commander of Roman forces.<BR>At the Battle of the River Ticinus - Hannibal's initial encounter with the Roman forces - young Scipio first tasted warfare, rescuing his dangerously wounded father, the previous Roman commander. By nineteen Scipio was the equivalent of a staff colonel, and in 210 B.C. he was placed in supreme command. Within three years he destroyed the Carthaginian power in Spain, was made consul, and took his force to Africa, where he conquered Carthage's great ally Syphax. Two years later he clashed with Hannibal himself, annihilating his army in the decisive Battle of Zama. For this triumph and his other exploits in the Punic Wars, Scipio was awarded the title Africanus.