Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus (Consul 149)
Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus came from a patrician family and was a Roman politician and senator .
He was a son of Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus , who held the consulate in 110 . Scipio became ordinary consul in 149 at the side of Quintus Pompeius Sosius Priscus . 163/164 he was proconsul of the province of Africa . Apuleius gave a speech in his honor and wrote a (not preserved) panegyric poem about him.
His son Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus became consul in 178.
literature
- Edmund Groag : Cornelius 362 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Col. 1507 f.
- Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR )² C 1447.
Remarks
- ↑ Lucius Sergius Scipio Orfitus , IG XII, 3 325 .
- ↑ AE 2000, 344
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| SURNAME | Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus, Servius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus, Servius Cornelius; Salvidienus Orfitus, Servius Cornelius Scipio; Orfitus, Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |