Scipio
Scipio (Latin "stick"; plural: Scipiones) was the nickname ( cognomen ) of the most famous branch of the Roman patrician family of the Cornelii , which probably goes back to the Cornelii Malugenses. During the Punic Wars against Carthage in particular , several members of the family made a name for themselves. At the end of the republic, the Cornelii Scipiones merged into the Cornelii Lentuli, which also revived the Cognomen Scipio during the imperial era .
Their famous family grave was on the Via Appia in front of the Porta Capena , where their bodies were buried unburned in sarcophagi in underground chambers. This tomb was found in 1614 and completely uncovered in 1780 (publication by Giovanni Battista Piranesi ). Most of the finds of inscriptions, sarcophagi and sculptural decorations ended up in the Vatican Museums ; the oldest Africanus is said to be there z. B. have put up a bust of the poet Ennius .
Well-known Scipiones were:
- Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina , Roman politician, consul 260 BC. BC and 254 BC Chr.
- Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus († 211 BC), Roman general and statesman, consul 222 BC. Chr.
- Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispallus , Roman politician, consul 176 BC. Chr.
- Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus , Roman politician, praetor 139 BC. Chr.
- Lucius Cornelius Scipio (Consul 350 BC)
- Lucius Cornelius Scipio (consul 259 BC) , Roman politician
- Lucius Cornelius Scipio (Praetor 174 BC) , Roman senator
- Lucius Cornelius Scipio (Quaestor 167 BC) , Roman politician and military man
- Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (Consul 190 BC) , Roman politician and general
- Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (consul 83 BC) , Roman politician
- Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus , Roman consul 298 BC. Chr.
- Marcus Cornelius Scipio Maluginensis
- Publius Cornelius Scipio (consular tribune) , Roman priest, rhetor and historian, consular tribune 395 and 394 BC. Chr.
- Publius Cornelius Scipio (Consul 218 BC) († 211 BC), Roman general and statesman
- Publius Cornelius Scipio (Augur) , Roman priest, rhetorician and historian, Augur 180 BC. Chr.
- Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 16 BC) , Roman senator
- Publius Cornelius Scipio (Quaestor) , Roman Senator
- Publius Cornelius Scipio (Consul 56) , Roman Consul 56
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (185 BC – 129 BC), Roman consul 147 and 134 BC Chr.
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina , Roman consul 221 BC. BC, Interrex 217 BC Chr.
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman consul 205 BC BC and 194 BC Chr.
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus , Roman politician and senator, suffect consul 68
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica , Roman consul 191 BC. Chr.
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica (Praetor) , Roman politician, Praetor 93 BC. Chr.
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum , Roman politician and senator, consul 162 BC. BC, censor 159 BC Chr.
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio († 132 BC), Roman senator, Pontifex maximus 141 BC. BC, consul 138 BC Chr.
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio (Consul 111 BC) († 111 BC), Roman consul
- Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio (suffect consul 2) , Roman politician and senator
- Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio (suffect consul 24) , Roman politician and senator
- Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus (Consul 51) († ~ 66), Roman senator and politician
- Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus (suffect consul) , Roman senator and politician
- Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus (Consul 110) , Roman senator and politician
- Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus (Consul 149) , Roman senator and politician
- Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus (Consul 178) , Roman senator and politician
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio , Consul 52 BC Chr.