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Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica est un consul de la Rome antique en 191 av. J.-C. [1] Il est le fils de Cnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus et le cousin de Scipion l'Africain et de Scipion l'Asiatique. Il a participé à la deuxième guerre punique (218-202 av. J.-C.) et à la troisième guerre macédonienne (171-168 av. J.-C.).
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio (v. 183 av. J.-C. - 132 av. J.-C.) est consul en 138 av. J.-C. Ardent partisan du parti des optimates, il s'oppose violemment à son cousin Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus lorsque ce dernier est élu tribun de la plèbe en 133 av. J.-C. Lors de la tentative de Tiberius Gracchus de se faire réélire tribun, il pre...
- Family Background
- Political Career
- Stemma of The Cornelii Scipiones
- Legacy
- Bibliography
Corculum belonged to the patrician gens Cornelia, which was the foremost gens of the Republic in terms of consulships (the Cornelii had obtained 42 consulships before his). The Scipiones formed one of the two main stirpes of the Cornelii—the other being the Lentulii—with 14 consulships since Publius Cornelius Maluginensis Scipio, consul in 395 and ...
Aedile
Corculum's first known magistracy is that of curule aedile in 169. Together with his colleague Publius Cornelius Lentulus (the future consul of 162), they funded the most lavish circus games ever seen so far, which included 63 panthers, 40 bears and elephants. Livy does not tell the nature of the show; it could have been staged hunts (venatio), or a simple parade of animals. The aediles benefited from a law passed the previous year by the tribune of the plebs Gnaeus Aufidius, which allowed im...
Role at Pydna
The Third Macedonian War began in 171 after King Perseus of Macedon had allegedly tried to assassinate Rome's ally Eumenes II of Pergamon (among many other reasons). However, Perseus managed to defend his kingdom rather well for a couple of years. In 168 Rome mustered a strong army under the consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus to put an end to the conflict. Paullus chose Corculum to serve as one of his military tribunes, probably for family reasons, as Paullus was also the brother-in-law of Scipio...
First Consulship
Corculum was praetor in 165, although nothing is known on his magistracy because Livy's manuscript ends the previous year. He then became consul in 162, alongside the plebeian Gaius Marcius Figulus. Cassiodorus—who relied on Livy for his list of consuls—describes him as the consul prior, which means the centuriate assembly elected him before Figulus. Corculum was assigned the province of Corsica, while Figulus departed to Gaul. However, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus—the previous consul who had...
The relations with the allied families of the Sempronii Gracchi, Aemilii Paulli, and Caecilii Metelli are also shown. Only magistracies attested with certainty in Broughton's Magistrates of the Roman Republic have been mentioned. The dotted lines show adoptions from natural fathers. The name "Cornelius" is implied for all the men named Scipio excep...
Augustine discusses in lengths Corculum's deeds in The City of Godas he liked his attempt to fight the moral corruption of the Roman people, especially his opposition to the destruction of Carthage and his destruction of the theatre. He nonetheless criticises him for not completely banning plays—a weakness he attributes to the fact that the Revelat...
Ancient sources
1. Lucius Ampelius, Liber Memorialis. 2. Appianus Alexandrinus (Appian), The Illyrian Wars, Punica. 3. Augustine of Hippo, The City of God. 4. Aurelius Victor, De Viris Illustribus Romae. 5. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Brutus, De Oratore, Tusculanae Disputationes. 6. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. 7. Fasti Capitolini. 8. The Digest. 9. Florus, Epitome. 10. Sextus Julius Frontinus, Strategemata (Stratagems). 11. Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae. 12. Titus Livius (Livy), Ab Urbe Condita Libri...
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio (182 or 181 – 132 BC [1]) was a Roman politician. He is most well known for mobilising the mob which killed Tiberius Gracchus, who was at the time attempting to stand for re-election as plebeian tribune in 133 BC.
Scipion Nasica. en latin Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, surnommé Serapio. (Pergame 132 avant J.-C.). Consul en 138 avant J.-C., il fut à la tête de ceux qui assassinèrent Tiberius Gracchus en 133 avant J.-C.
Les Cornelii Scipiones ou Scipions sont des patriciens romains membres d'une branche de la gens des Cornelii. Ils constituent une dynastie de généraux et d'hommes d'États des IIIe et IIe siècles av. J.-C. Cette famille est traditionnellement alliée à la branche des Paulii de la gens des Aemilii.
role in Roman Republic. …refused to act against him, Publius Scipio Nasica, the chief pontiff, led a number of senators and their clients to the Assembly, and Tiberius was killed in a resulting scuffle. Widespread and bloody repression followed in 132.
