Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (Consul 190 BC)
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (also Asiagenes or Asiagenus ) was a Roman politician and general of the 3rd / 2nd centuries. Century BC Chr.
He was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio , consul in 218 BC. BC, and brother of the most important representative of the Cornelii Scipiones family , the elder Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus .
Lucius Cornelius Scipio began his public career as a legate on his brother's campaigns in Spain, Africa and Sicily during the Second Punic War . As praetor he administered in 193 BC BC Sicily and fought from 191 BC In Greece against the Seleucids Antiochus III. , where he was assisted by his brother Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus as a military advisor.
As consul in 190 BC He had the supreme command in the decisive battle of Magnesia . After the conclusion of the peace of Apamea in 188 BC BC he was allowed a triumph in Rome; due to his military successes in the east he carried the honorary title Asiaticus . The political process that began in 187 BC BC was brought against him for bribery by Antiochus and embezzlement of state funds, ended his political career.
literature
- Marieluise Deißmann-Merten : Scipio I. 7. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, column 48.
- Friedrich Münzer : Cornelius 337 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Sp. 1471-1483.
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| SURNAME | Scipio Asiaticus, Lucius Cornelius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Asiaticus, Ludius Cornelius Scipio; Asiagenus, Lucius Cornelius Scipio; Asiagenes, Lucius Cornelius Scipio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brother of Scipio Africanus, Consul 190 BC. Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 187 BC Chr. |