Lucius Cornelius Scipio 
Lucius Cornelius was born in 0285 BC in Rome. Lucius Cornelius' father was Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus. His paternal grandfather is Cnaeus. He had a brother named Publius Cornelius. He died in 0258 BC.General Notes
L. cornelius scipio, also son of No. 5, was consul in B. c. 259, with C. Aquillius Florus. He drove the Carthaginians out of Sardinia arid Corsica, defeating Hanno, the Carthaginian commander, and obtained a triumph in consequence. The epitaph on his tomb records that " he took Corsica and the city of Aleria." In the Fasti he appears as censor in b. c. 258, with C. Duilius, and his epitaph calls him " Consul, Censor, Aedilis." (Liv. Ep. 17 ; Oros. iv. 7 ; Eutrop. ii. 20 ; Flor. ii. 2 ; Zonar. viii. 11 ; Val. Max. v. 1. § 2 ; Orelli, Inscr. No. 552.) [Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology III:741]
He had two biological sons named Cneius Cornelius Scipio and Gnaeus Cornelius.
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Cneius Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Cneius Cornelius Scipio was born in 0255 BC in Rome. He died in 0218 BC.
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