Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CORN1077 P. Cornelius (350) Cn. f. L. n. Scipio Nasica

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Liv. 37.57.10-15, 39.40.2-3, 39.41.1

Relationships

son of
Cn. Cornelius (345) L. f. L. n. Scipio Calvus (cos. 222) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

App. Hann. 56 (236), Dio frg. 57 (61) (XVII), Liv. XLIII 2.5, Liv. XXIX 14.9, Liv. XXXI 49.6, Liv. XXXV 10.2, Liv. XXXV 10.8, Liv. XXXV 1.3, Liv. XXXVI 1.1, Liv. XXXVII 57.10, Liv. XXXVIII 58.4, Sil It. XVII 8ff., Vell. II 3.1

brother of
? Cn. Cornelius (346) Cn. f. L. n. Scipio Hispallus (cos. 176) (DPRR Team)
? Cornelia (405) (daughter of Cn. Cornelius (345) L. f. L. n. Scipio Calvus (cos. 222)) (DPRR Team)
father of
P. Cornelius (353) P. f. Cn. n. Scipio Nasica Corculum (cos. 162) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 79

grandfather of
P. Cornelius (354) P. f. P. n. Scipio Nasica Serapio (cos. 138) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Vell. II 3.1

related to
Cn. Cornelius (228, 24) P. f. Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Har. Resp. 38

Career

  • Triumvir Coloniis Deducendis 200 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Plutarch confuses this commission with that for Narnia (see 199) and Cosa (refused in 199, Livy 32.2.7, but granted in 197-6, 33.24.8-9); and names Flaminius as its head (Flam. 1.4). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Appointed to supplement the colony of Venusia (Liv. 31.49.6; cf. Plut. Flam. 1.4, Narnia and Cosa). On Quinctius, see Lübker no. 11. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Quaestor before 199 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • After 204 and before 199 (Liv. 29.14.8, nondum quaestorium; Val. Max. 8.15.3). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Aedilis Curulis 197 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 33.25.1. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor 194 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Election Liv. 34.42.4 Provinces and armies Liv. 34.43.6-7. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Won a victory beyond the Ebro as Praetor (Liv. 35.1.3-4; cf. Frontin. Str. 4.1.15). See 193, Promagistrates; and below, note 1. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 730 (Brennan 2000)
  • Promagistrate 193 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • As Propraetor in Farther Spain, he won a Lusitanian victory (Liv. 35.1.3-12). On his return, see Liv. 35.10.1-2. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Repulsa (Cos.) 192 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Consul 191 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 35.24.5; 36.1.1; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 48f., 122, 454f.; Eutrop. 4.3; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Zon. 9.19; and on Acilius, SIG 607. Acilius was assigned the war in Greece against Antiochus and the Aetolians, drove the former out of Greece by his victory at Thermopylae, then turned on the Aetolians, captured Heraclea, and after unsuccessful negotiations for peace besieged Naupactus 1 (Liv. 36.3.7-14, 14-21, and 22-35; 37.4.6-8; cf. Polyb. 20.9-10; Cic. Sen. 32; Val. Max. 2.5.1; Frontin. Str. 2.4.4; Plut. Cat. Mai. 13-14; Flam. 15-16; Philop. 17.4; Sull. 12.6; Flor. 1.24.10-11; App. Syr. 17-21; Iustin. 31.6.4-6; Eutrop. 4.3; Auct. Vir. Ill. 47.3; Oros. 4.20.20-21; see Legates and Trib. Mil. on Cato and L. Scipio). Nasica succeeded to the war with the Boii, whom he defeated, and after some dispute was permitted to celebrate a triumph (Liv. 36.1.8-9, and 2.1, and 38.5-7, and 39-40; 38.35.4; Act. Tr., Degrassi 78f., 553; Oros. 4.20.21). Acilius may have carried the Lex Acilia which placed intercalation under the power of the Pontifices (Macrob. Sat. 1.13.21). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 191 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Galleis Boieis. MRR I.352, Itgenshorst no. 175, Rich no. 174. (Rich 2014)
  • Promagistrate 190 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • While Proconsul in Gaul, he removed the Boii from the territory recently taken from them (Liv. 37.2.5; see 191, Consuls). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Repulsa (Cens.) 189 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Repulsa (Cens.) 184 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Triumvir Coloniis Deducendis 183 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Appointed to found Aquileia (Liv. 39.55.5-6; 40.34.3). On Manlius, see CIL 1 .2.621. See also 181 on this commission. (Broughton MRR I)
  • 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)
  • Triumvir Coloniis Deducendis 181 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Aquileia was founded in this year (Liv. 40.34.3). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Special Commissioners 171 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • A commission, apparently of former officials in Spain, chosen as patrons by peoples of Spain who complained of the peculations of the following governors: 1. M. Titinius (Curvus) (see 178, 177, 176), who was acquitted; 2. P. Furius Philus (see 174, 173, 172); and 3. C. (not M.) Matienus (see 173), who both went into exile (Liv. 43.2.1-11). On Cato, see D.- G. 5.130, no. 15. (Broughton MRR I)

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