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Most handsome Greek and Roman

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Scipio Africanus the Elder
African Scipio the Elder

Claudius Aelianus, a Roman writer, reports that, according to the ancient, one of the most handsome Greeks was Alcibiades and among the Romans Scipio. However, we do not know which Scipio was it about: Elder or Younger.

Sources
  • Claudius Aelianus, Varia Historia

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