《The Continence of Scipio 》by N.Pussin (1594 – 1665), french painter
意大利畫家Alessandro Allori ( 1535 – 1607)在下圖中描繪了在第二次佈匿戰爭期間，努米底亞王Syphax還處於中立時，羅馬統帥大西庇阿（Scipione l'Africano） 和迦太基將領Hasdrubul 都想與其聯合為同盟。Syphax組織了一次三人會面，宴請雙方將領共進晚餐。Scipione個人的親和力不僅得到了Syphax敬佩，也吸引了Hasdrubul。Syphax讚嘆這個人的自身魅力比他那些輝煌的戰績更爲非凡。
注：大西庇阿，全名為（征服非洲的）普布利烏斯·科爾內利烏斯·西庇阿(Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus)通常被認為是有史以來最偉大的軍事指揮官和戰略家之一，他最偉大的軍事成就是公元前 202 年在紮馬戰役中擊敗漢尼拔。 這場在非洲的勝利為他贏得了綽號 Africanus，字面意思是“非洲人”，但意思是被理解為非洲的征服者。
The Banquet of Syphax by Alessandro Allori ( 1535 – 1607)
Allori's The Banquet of Syphax is located on the long wall of the Salone containing Franciabigio's The Return of Cicero to Rome. Allori placed the event in a large columned hall that opens up onto a landscape.
Syphax was a king of the ancient Numidian tribe Masaesyli of western Numidia during the last quarter of the 3rd century BC. His story is told in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (written c. 27-25 BC). In his twenty-eighth book Livy records that Scipio, coming from Carthage, was surprised to encounter Hasdrubal, who had retreated from Spain before the Romans, at the court of the Numidian prince Syphax. Their host was flattered that both combatants had sought his support. He invited Scipio and Hasdrubal to share a meal, where the scene that Allori depicted took place.
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