Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus of the Scipiones branch of the gens Cornelia, was a Roman politician.
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus was the son of . He was one of the decemviri stlitibus judicandis and military tribune before 150 BC, and became quaestor around that date. He then became aedile, probably in 141 BC. He was a praetor in 139 BC. As praetor, he expelled the astrologers (Chaldaeans and Jews) from the city of Rome.
Sources[]
- Valerius Maximus 1,3,3
Bibliography[]
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers: [I 79] C. Scipio Hispanus, Cn.. In: Der Neue Pauly. vol. 3 (1997), col. 184.
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