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What happened when Scipio Africanus the Younger fought a Spanish chieftain in single combat?
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In 151 BCE, while serving as a military tribune to Lucius Lucullus during the Roman campaigns in Spain, Scipio Africanus the Younger displayed significant personal courage. During this time, he killed a Spanish chieftain who had challenged him to single combat.1