CORN1396 P. Cornelius (353) P. f. Cn. n. Scipio Nasica Corculum

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • 205?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 141, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

son of
P. Cornelius (350) Cn. f. L. n. Scipio Nasica (cos. 191) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 79

married to
Cornelia (406) (daughter of P. Cornelius (336) P. f. L. n. Scipio Africanus (cos. 205)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Pol. XXXI 27 (XXXII 13), Vell. II 3.1

father of
P. Cornelius (354) P. f. P. n. Scipio Nasica Serapio (cos. 138) (RE)
great grandfather of
L.? Licinius (76) Crassus Scipio? (son of P. Cornelius (351) P. f. P. n. Scipio Nasica (pr.? 93)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 213

Career

  • Aedilis Curulis 169 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 44.18.8. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Militum 168 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Distinguished himself under Paullus at Pydna (Polyb. 29.14-15; Liv. 44.35.14-23, 36.9-14, and 38.1-3; Plut. Aem. 15-18), and was sent to Amphipolis in pursuit of Perseus (Liv. 44.46.1-2; Plut. Aem. 26.4). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Militum 167 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Probably all or almost all the Tribunes of the Soldiers and the Lieutenants who served in Macedonia and Illyria continued until their respective commanders returned. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Sent by Paullus to raid Illyria and bring the army to Oricum (Liv. 45.33.8, and 34.8). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Pontifex? 165 to 150 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • The texts cited above show that Scipio Serapio became Pont. Max. before the death of Tiberius Gracchus in 133, and the passage from Velleius indicates that he received the honor when absent from Rome. It is possible that he was a Legate at some time between his praetorship (141 at the latest) or his consulship (138) and 133 B.C. and therefore absent then. Münzer (RE, and APF 251, 260) believes that Scipio Corculum, Princeps Senatus in 147 and 142, died shortly after 142, and that his son was immediately elevated to the Pontificate (it is unusual but not prohibited that two members of the same family should be Pontifices at the same time; cf. on Augurs, Dio 39.17), and then to the position of Pont. Max. He suggests that Serapio was Praetor in 141, and absent in a province. (Broughton MRR I)
    • P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio succeeded P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum as pontifex maximus and probably also as pontifex. Augustin. CD 1.30;Cic. Cat. 1.3; Tusc. 4.51; ND 3.5; Val. Max. 1.4.2; Vell. 2.3.1; App. BC 1.16; Plut. TG 21.3; cf. CIL 1(2) 2.2502. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Censor 159. In MRR 1.445-446, refer also to Plin. NH 34.30, dated to 158. He also built a porticus in the Area Capitolina (Veil. 2.1.2). Pontifex. Pont. max. in 150 (MRR 1.457), he had certainly become a pontifex some time before. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praetor 165 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Lentulus and Scipio Nasica were Curule Aediles in 169, and are not named among the Praetors before 165. As they attained the consulship in 162 their praetorships must be dated in this year. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 736 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 162 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 123, 462f.; Fast. Ant., ib. 160f.; Obseq. 15; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Scipio, Cic. Brut. 79. They had already departed for their provinces, Scipio to{442} Corsica and Marcius to Gaul (Val. Max. 1.1.3), when Gracchus in Sardinia recalled that he had not taken the auspices properly at their election, with the result that they were recalled and compelled to abdicate (Fast. Cap.; Fast. Ant.; Cic. QF 2.2.1; Div. 1.33 and 36; 2.74; ND 2.10-11; Val. Max. 1.1.3; cf. 9.3.2; Plut. Marc. 5.1-3; Gran. Lic. 11 [Bonn]; Auct. Vir. Ill. 44.2). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor 159 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Brut. 79; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 123, 462f.; Fast. Ant., ib. 160f.; Gell. 4.20.11; Non. Marc. 247-248 L; Fest. 360 L. They removed from the Forum all statues of magistrates which had not been erected by express command of the Senate and People (Piso fr. 37{446} Peter; cf. Auct. Vir. Ill. 44). Nasica dedicated a water clock marking equally the hours of the day and night (Plin. NH 7.215; Censorin. DN 23.7; cf. Varro LL 6.4). They reappointed M. Aemilius Lepidus Princeps Senatus and completed the lustrum (Liv. Per. 47). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Censor 159. In MRR 1.445-446, refer also to Plin. NH 34.30, dated to 158. He also built a porticus in the Area Capitolina (Veil. 2.1.2). Pontifex. Pont. max. in 150 (MRR 1.457), he had certainly become a pontifex some time before. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Triumphator 155 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Delmateis. MRR I.448, Itgenshorst no. 207, Rich no. 206. (Rich 2014)
  • Consul 155 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Acad. 2.137; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 124, 464f.; Fast. Ant., ib. 160f.; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Scipio, Cic. Brut. 79. Scipio completed the capture and destruction of Delminium in Dalmatia and celebrated a triumph (Liv. Per. 47; Act. Tr., Degrassi 82f., 557; Strabo 7.5.5; Frontin. Str. 3.6.2; Obseq. 16; Auct. Vir. Ill. 44.4; Ampel. 19.11; Zon. 9.25), while Marcellus subdued a rising of the Apuan Ligurians and also celebrated a triumph (Act. Tr., Degrassi 82f., 557; CIL 1(2).2.623). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Fragments of Act. Tr. attest the triumph and disprove the late tradition in Auct. Vir. Ill. (44.4) and Ampelius (19.11) that he refused a proffered triumph. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 152 Africa, Numidia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Member of a commission sent to compose disputes between Carthage and Massinissa. They censured Carthage for possessing war materials contrary to the treaty, but induced Massinissa to give up the land in dispute (Liv. Per. 48; Zon. 9.26; cf. Gsell, Hist. anc. Afr. Nord 3.319, 321). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Pontifex Maximus 150 to 141 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Cic. Sen. 50, his paucis diebus; ND 3.5; De Or. 3.134. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Censor 159. In MRR 1.445-446, refer also to Plin. NH 34.30, dated to 158. He also built a porticus in the Area Capitolina (Veil. 2.1.2). Pontifex. Pont. max. in 150 (MRR 1.457), he had certainly become a pontifex some time before. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Tribunus Militum 150 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to Macedonia probably in this year at the beginning of the outbreak under Andriscus (Zon. 9.28; cf. Liv. Per. 50, and Oxy. Per. 50). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Princeps Senatus c. 147 (Ryan 1998) Expand
    • p. 223 (Ryan 1998)