Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 16 BC)
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Publius Cornelius Scipio (b. ca. 48/46 BC) was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito and Scribonia.[1][2] He was elder brother to Cornelia Scipio and the elder half-brother to Julia the Elder, who was the daughter of Emperor Augustus and uncle to Gaius Caesar, Julia the Younger, Lucius Caesar, Agrippina the Elder and Agrippa Postumus.[3] It is unknown who Scipio married or if he had any children.
Scipio became consul in 16 BC in the same year that his sister, Cornelia, died at the age of thirty. The poet Sextus Propertius wrote an elegy of Cornelia for her funeral, praising her family, including Scipio and Scribonia. In 2 BC, Scipio was exiled for unknown reasons although treason and adultery with Julia are the official reasons. Various other men were exiled also including Sempronius Gracchus but only Iullus Antonius was executed. Julia was exiled to Pandateria (modern Ventotene), Scribonia went with her. Scipio's date of death is unknown.
[edit] References
- ^ Fantham, Elaine. (2006) Julia Augusti "Routledge". p. 18. ISBN 0-415-33146-3.
- ^ Billows, R. American Journal of Ancient History.
- ^ Fantham, Elaine. (2006) Julia Augusti "Routledge". p. 19.
| Preceded by Gaius Furnius and Gaius Iunius Silanus |
Consul of the Roman Empire 16 BC |
Succeeded by Marcus Livius Drusus Libo and Lucius Calpurnius Piso |
