Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum (d. 141 BC) was a Roman statesman and member of the gens Cornelia.
Corculum was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica. In 168 BC Corculum fought under Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus in Macedonia. Corculum became consul for the first time in 162 BC but he and his colleague Gaius Marcius Figulus abdicated when something went wrong with the auspices. He was elected censor in 159 BC. During his censorship he decreed that no statues of public officials may be erected on the forum without public approval of the Senate or the people. During his second consulship in 155 BC, Corculum defeated the Dalmatians. He became pontifex maximus in 150 BC and princeps senatus in 147 BC. As he was succeeded as pontifex maximus in 141 BC it is reasonably to assume he died that year. Corculum was a political opponent of Marcus Porcius Cato and plead not to destroy Carthago because he feared that the destruction of Rome's main rival would lead to lesser morals.
Corculum was married to Cornelia Maior, eldest daughter of Scipio Africanus, with whom he was father of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio.
