Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CORN1016 L. Cornelius (337) P. f. L. n. Scipio Asiaticus

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Liv. 38.54.6, 39.40.2-3, 39.41.1

Life Dates

  • 230?, birth (Develin 1979) Expand

    Develin no. 118.

Relationships

son of
? Pomponia (28) (daughter of? M'. Pomponius (16)) (DPRR Team)
P. Cornelius (330) L. f. L. n. Scipio (cos. 218) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Liv. XXXVIII 58.4

brother of
P. Cornelius (336) P. f. L. n. Scipio Africanus Maior (cos. 205) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. prov. 18, Cic. Tusc. I 81, Dio frg. 63 (XIX), Diod. XXIX 10, Frontin. strat. IV 7.30, Gell. IV 18.8, Gell. VI 19.2, Gell. VI 19.5, Liv. XXIX 7.2, Liv. XXX 38.5, Liv. XXXVII 16.14, Liv. XXXVII 26.2, Liv. XXXVII 59.2, Liv. XXXVIII 3.1, Liv. XXXVIII 48.7, Liv. XXXVIII 53.3, Liv. XXXVIII 55.11, Liv. XXXVIII 57.5, Pol. X 4.1, Pol. XXI 25 (XXII.8), Pol. XXI 4 (2), Pol. XXIII 14 (XXIV 9a), Sen. dial. X de brev. vit. 17.6, Sen. dial. XI cons. ad Pol. 14.4, Val. Max. III 5.1, Vell. II 38.5

father of
L. Cornelius (324) Scipio (q. 167) (RE)

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 207 Hispania (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Was placed in charge of the attack on the Spanish town of Orongis by his brother P. Scipio; no title preserved (Liv. 28.3-4; Zon. 9.8; cf. Liv. 38.58.8). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 207 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Served under his brother P. Scipio in Spain; sent to Rome with Hanno and other Carthaginian captives (Liv. 28.4.2-4; Zon. 9.8). See below, Lieutenants. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 206 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to Rome with captives to announce the capture of Spain (Liv. 28.17.1; cf. App. Ib. 29). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 206 Hispania (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Served as Legatus under his brother (Liv. 28.28.14). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 205 Sicilia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Served under P. Scipio in Sicily; in command of the garrison at Messana (Liv. 29.7.2; on the title, see 38.58.8). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 204 Sicilia?, Hispania?, Africa? (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See Liv. 38.58.8, Legate in Spain and Africa. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Guarded the right wing of the fleet as Scipio crossed to Africa (Liv. 29.25.10; see 205, Legates). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 203 Africa (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See 204, and 202, Legates. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 202 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent by Scipio to bring the Carthaginian envoys to Rome (Liv. 30.38.4). On Veturius, see Lübker, no. 9. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Quaestor before 195 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Elogium, CIL 1 .1, p. 194- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.15. The latest possible date (see 195, Aediles). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Aedilis Curulis 195 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Aed. Cur. is the probable restoration in CIL 1 .1, p. 194- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.15. Elimination of the years when the Aediles are known leaves 195 the only probable date. See Seidel 31f.; and cf. Polyb. 10.4-5, and above, 213, note 4. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor 193 Sicilia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Elections: Liv. 34.54.2 Provinces and armies Liv. 34.55.6, and 56.9. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Asiaticus is the cognomen which appears in Livy (37.58.6) and Fast. Cap. (190) after his victory at Magnesia; but Asiagenus or Asiagenes is found in Livy (39.44.1), Diod. (34.33.1), Eutrop. (4.4.3), and was used by later members of the family (ILS 8). Holleaux (Hermes 48 [1913] 95f.) would date his dedication at Delos this year, when he supposes Africanus went to the East from Africa (see Legates), since he is termed {Gr} - praetor, and precedes the admirals of 192 and 191. See however 191, when he served as a praetorian Legate under Glabrio. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cf. CIL 1 .2.612- ILS 864; Cic. De Or. 2.280. On offerings at Delos (I. de Délos 442B, 89-90) he is termed {Gr}, but the reference is probably to 190 B.C. and his consulate. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Badian, noting the uncertain reading of the cognomen in ILS 864 (SCHIZIAM or FIIZIVM) and the early doubling of the consonant in caussa, suggests that the inscription may honor, not a Scipio, but L. Cornelius Sisenna (374), Pr. 78 and possibly procos. in Sicily in 77 (MRR 2.86, 90) (Gnomon 39, 1967, 94, note 1). See Degrassi, ILLRP 320, and Acta 5th Internat. Cong. Gr. and Lat. Epig. 169-170; and also Balsdon, Historia 21, 1972, 224-234. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 730 (Brennan 2000)
    • p. 756, footnote 510 (Brennan 2000)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 191 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to Rome to report the victory at Thermopylae (Liv. 36.21.7-9). See 193, note 1; and I. de Délos 442 B, 89 and 90. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 191 Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See above, Envoys. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Repulsa (Cos.) 191 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Consul 190 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Phil. 11.17; Liv. 36.45.9; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 48f., 122, 454f.; Gell. 16.4.2; Eutrop. 4.4; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. Scipio was assigned Greece as his province with permission to carry the war into Asia (Liv. 37.1.7-10, 2.2-3, and 4.1-4; Val. Max. 5.5.1). Making a truce in Greece, he went on to Asia to win a decisive victory over Antiochus at Magnesia (Liv. 37.6-7, 18.10, 25.8, and 33-44; cf. Polyb. 21.4-5, 8, and 11, and 13-15; Cic. Mur. 31; Phil. 11.17; Diod. 29.5-10; Frontin. Str. 4.7.30; Flor. 1.24.14-18; App. Syr. 23, and 28-29; Iustin. 31.7-8; Eutrop. 4.4; Zon. 9.20; cf. Oros. 4.20.22). He made offerings at Delos (I. de Délos 427; 428; 442 B, 85-86 and 101; 1429 B, 23 and 28, and ii 16; 1441 A, 106; 1450 A, 68; almost all in 190 and 189; comment. I. de Délos 2, pp. 166f.). See also SEG 1.440-4.567; 1.144 at Delphi; 2.566; I. Cret. 2.3.5; Memnon 26.2, in FGrH 3B.349f. Laelius was assigned Italy, and held command in Gaul (Liv. 37.1.10, 46.10, and 47.1). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Letters of the Scipios to towns of Asia: to Heraclea Pontica, Memnon 26.2, in FGrH 3B.349f.; to Heraclea under Latmus, SEG 2.566, and see Holleaux, RF 52 (1924) 29f.; to Colophon, SEG 4.567, and Holleaux, ib. 32f. See also at Aptara in Crete, Guarducci, I. Cret. 2.3.5. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 189 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph ex Asia de rege Antiocho. MRR I.362, Itgenshorst no. 178, Rich no. 177. (Rich 2014)
  • Proconsul 189 Achaea, Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Celebrated a triumph as Proconsul (Polyb. 21.24.16-17; Cic. Prov. Cons. 18; Liv. 37.58.6-59.6; 38.59.6; Act. Tr., Degrassi 80f., 554; Elog., CIL 1 .1, p. 194- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.15; Val. Max. 4.1.8, and ext. 9; 5.3.2, and 5.2; 8.1, damn. 1; Plin. NH 33.148; 35.22; Plut. Cat. Mai. 18.1; Gell. 6.19.3; Eutrop. 4.4; Ampel. 24; cf. Grueber, CRRBM 1.206; 2.267f.; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1 [1942] 191f.). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador)? 186 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • According to Antias he was sent to Asia after his conviction to settle disputes between Antiochus and Eumenes, and there gained money to celebrate the games he had vowed in the war (Liv. 39.22.8-10; cf. Plin. NH 33.138). It is probable that he celebrated the games, but before his conviction in 184. The legateship, though possible, is extremely doubtful since the Scipios did not appear in the settlement of Asiatic affairs after 190. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Repulsa (Cens.) 184 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 183 Bithynia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • According to Valerius of Antium, they were also members of the embassy with flamininus (Liv. 39.56.7- fr. 49 Peter; cf. Plut. Flam. 21.8). (Broughton MRR I)

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