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Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica was a consul of ancient Rome in 191 BC. He was a son of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus.

He received the Magna Mater in 204, and was aedile in 197. As praetor in Further Spain ( 194), he defeated the Lusitanians at Ilipa , and as consul subjugated the Boii.

However, he not chosen as censor despite standing in both the elections of 189 and 184, a failure marking the decline of the influence of the Scipiones in Rome. He went on to help found AquileiaAquileia ( Slovene Oglej , an ancient town of Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 6 to. from the sea, on the river Natiso (mod. Natisone , the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times. Before the Romans Aquil in 181Centuries: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC Years: 186 BC 185 BC 184 BC 183 BC 182 BC 181 BC 180 BC 179 BC 178 BC 177 BC 176 BC Events Eucratides, and appears in an inquiry of 171Centuries: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC Years: 176 BC 175 BC 174 BC 173 BC 172 BC 171 BC 170 BC 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC Events At the Batt.

See also: CorneliusCornelius (fem. Cornelia was the nomen of the patrician gens Cornelia one of the important families of ancient Rome. The Scipiones, Dolabellae, and Cinnae were notable branches of the family. For the women of the Cornelii, see Cornelia. Cornelius Malugine, ScipioScipio (plural, Scipiones is a Roman cognomen used by a branch of the Cornelii family. The Scipiones were traditional political allies of the Paulii branch of the Aemilius. Their family tomb, dated to the 3rd century BC and rediscovered in 1780, contained


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