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Name
  
Gnaeus Scipio


Role
  
Politician

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus Sarcophagus of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus Rome Tomb of the

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus of the Scipiones branch of the gens Cornelia, was a Roman politician.

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus was the son of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispallus. He was Decemvir Stlitibus Iudicandis and military tribune before 150 BC, and became quaestor around that date. He then became aedile, probably in 141 BC. He was a praetor in 139 BC. As praetor, he expelled the astrologers (Chaldaeans and Jews) from the city of Rome.

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