Somnium Scipionis

The Dream of Scipio (Latin: Somnium Scipionis), written by Cicero, is the sixth book of De re publica, and describes a (postulated fictional or real) dream vision of the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, set two years before he oversaw the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC.

This article is about the story by Cicero. For the book by Iain Pears, see The Dream of Scipio (novel).
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