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Cornelius Scipio

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Cornelius Scipio was the family name of the Scipionic branch of the gens Cornelia. Several individuals, mainly but not exclusively with the praenomen Publius, might be referred to in literary sources as Cornelius Scipio, including:

  • Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, consul in 298 BC, and censor in 280.
  • Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina, consul in 260 and 254 BC, during the First Punic War.
  • Lucius Cornelius Scipio, consul in 259 and censor in 258 BC, captured Sardinia and Corsica.
  • Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, consul in 222 BC, killed in Hispania in 211.
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio, consul in 218 BC, killed in Hispania in 211.
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the conqueror of Hannibal; consul in 205 and 194 BC, and censor in 199; Princeps Senatus.
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, consul in 191 BC.
  • Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, consul in 190 BC. Defeated Antiochus III the Great in 189.
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, consul in 162 and 155 BC, and censor in 159; Princeps Senatus.
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor, consul in 147 and 134 BC, and censor in 142.
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio, consul in 138 BC.
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, consul in 111 BC.
  • Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, consul in 83 BC.
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito, the first husband of Scribonia, who was afterwards the wife of Augustus.
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio, consul in 16 BC.
  • For additional men with the name Cornelius Scipio, see Cornelii Scipiones.

    References

    Cornelius Scipio Wikipedia