Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CORN1090 Cn. Cornelius (346) Cn. f. L. n. Scipio Hispallus

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • 220?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 176, death (Broughton MRR I)

Relationships

son of
Cn. Cornelius (345) L. f. L. n. Scipio Calvus (cos. 222) (RE)
brother of
? P. Cornelius (350) Cn. f. L. n. Scipio Nasica (cos. 191) (DPRR Team)
? Cornelia (405) (daughter of Cn. Cornelius (345) L. f. L. n. Scipio Calvus (cos. 222)) (DPRR Team)
married to
Cornelia (445) = Paulla Cornelia (daughter of? Cn. Cornelius (131) Dolabella) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

CIL 1.39=6.1294=ILS 10

father of
Cn. Cornelius (347) Cn. f. Cn. n. Scipio Hispanus (pr. 139) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Val. Max. VI 3.3

grandfather of
? Cn. Cornelius (321) Scipio (pr. c. 109) (Brennan 2000)

Career

  • Pontifex 199 to 176 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Liv. 32.7.15. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cn. Cornelius Scipio (Hispallus) succeeded C. Sulpicius Galba. (Broughton MRR I)
    • L. Furius Philus succeeded Cn. Cornelius Scipio Hispallus.Liv. 41.16.4. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Officer (Title Not Preserved) 190 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Mention of a Cn. Cornelius, probably the above, in M. Guarducci, I. Cret. 2.3.5, suggests that he should be included in 190 B.C., in MRR 1.358-359, as one of the junior officers with the consul L. Scipio in Greece and Asia. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praetor 179 inter peregrinos, Rome (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Election Liv. 40.44.2 Provinces 40.44.6-7. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Placed in charge of the investigation of cases of poisoning (Liv. 40.44.6). (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 733 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 176 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 41.14.4 and 7, and 15.1-4; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 48f., 122, 458f. (reading [Cn. Cor]nelius C[n.] f., etc.); Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Petillius, Obseq. 9. Cornelius was assigned Pisa as his province, with charge of elections (Liv. 41.14.8-10, and 15.5), but died as a result of injuries suffered during the Latin Festival (Liv. 41.16.3-4; Fast. Cap.; Obseq. 9). Petillius held the election for a Consul Suffectus (Liv. 41.16.5 and 7, and 17.5-6; Fast. Cap.), then went to his province of Liguria, where he was slain in battle (Liv. 41.14.8-10, and 15.5, 17.6-18.16; cf. Val. Max. 1.5.9; 2.7.15; Frontin. Str. 4.1.46; Obseq. 9). (Broughton MRR I)

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