Lucius Cornelius Scipio
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Lucius Cornelius Scipio was a consul and censor of ancient Rome. He was the son of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and brother to Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina.
As consul in 259 BC, he led the Roman fleet in the capture of Aleria and then Corsica, but failed against Olbia in Sardinia. The Fasti Triumphales record that he was awarded a triumph, but two other inscriptions on his career don't mention it. The following year he was elected censor with Gaius Duilius.
He later dedicated a temple to the Tempestates, locating it near the Porta Capena.
Another Lucius Cornelius Scipio was a son of Scipio Africanus Major. He was captured in 192 BC by Antiochus III but released sometime before the battle of Magnesia in 190 BC. (The accounts of this episode are confused.) His father's secretary, a Gaius Cicereius, helped him win a praetorship in 174 BC.
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| Preceded by: Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina and Gaius Duilius |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Caius Aquillius Florus 259 BC |
Succeeded by: Aulus Atilius Calatinus and Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus |
