person
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum
Scipio Corculum
also: P. Scipio, Corculum, P. Scipionis
Twice consul (162, 155 BC), pontifex maximus, surnamed Corculum ('the wise heart'); a great-great-grandfather of Metellus Scipio, named in the Brutus genealogy alongside C. Laelius.
Reading notes
- Brutus §213 was called Corculum
Corculum ('little heart, the shrewd one'), the cognomen of P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica (cos. 162, 155), pontifex maximus, celebrated for his wisdom and legal knowledge.
- On the Nature of the Gods §2.10 in the consulship of Publius Scipio and Gaius Figulus
P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum and C. Marcius Figulus, consuls of 162 BC, whose election Tiberius Gracchus (the elder) later annulled for a flaw in the auspices. Balbus tells the story to show the authority of augury even over the highest office.