Scipio Africanus was the Roman general who defeated Hannibal in 202 B.C. This took place during the Republican period of Rome nearly FOUR CENTURIES before the events depicted in the movie...
Under Roman law, yes they were related. Scipio Aemilianus was the adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus.
Scipio Africanus was elected consul in 205BC
He is no. Africanus was added to his name after a successful campaign against Carthage there.
he worked in the military and became a genral