Scipio Calvus av Cornelii

**Scipio Calvus av Cornelii**
född -260, död -211
Scipio Calvus av Cornelii f. -260 Roma, Lazio, Italien d. -211 Cazlona, Jaén, Andalucia, Spanien Consul of the Roman Republic in 222 BC [ Biografi ] [ Barn ]	Lucius Scipio av Cornelii f. -295 Roma, Lazio, Italien d. -230 Roma, Lazio, Italien Consul of the Roman Republic in 259 BC	Scipio Barbatus av Cornelii f. -330 Roma, Lazio, Italien d. -280 Chiusi, Siena, Toscana, Italie Consul of the Roman Republic in 298 BC

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Scipio Calvus av Cornelii, född -260 i Roma, Lazio, Italien, död -211 i Cazlona, Jaén, Andalucia, Spanien. Consul of the Roman Republic in 222 BC.

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus served as consul in 222 BC, his co-consul being Marcus Claudius Marcellus, who was serving in the first of his five consulships. Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio was nicknamed Calvus (the bald) to distinguish him from his uncle, another Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio, who was nicknamed Asina (or donkey) and had twice been consul during the First Punic War.

Scipio Calvus fought in Iberia (Hispania) during the Second Punic War, starting with a victory in the Battle of Cissa in 218 BC, until he was killed in the Battle of the Upper Baetis in 211 BC, fighting the Carthaginians and their allies of the Ilergetes tribe, led by Indibilis and Mandonius. His death occurred shortly after the similar death of his younger brother. Both Scipios were capable commanders, both were consuls, and both were killed in Hispania after their armies had separated.

Barn:
Scipio Nasica av Cornelii, född -230, död -171