Scipio

Scipio (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 family. Their family tomb, dated to the 3rd century BC and rediscovered in 1780, contained one of the earliest collections of Latin inscriptions, and an important historical source for the Roman Republic.

Famous Scipiones include:

L. Cornelius Scipio, consul 350 BC
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, consul 298 BC
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina, consul 260 BC, 254 BC
Lucius Cornelius Scipio, consul 259 BC
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, consul 222 BC
Publius Cornelius Scipio, consul 218 BC
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, famous general, defeated Hannibal of Carthage at Zama
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, consul 191 BC
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, consul 190 BC
Lucius Cornelius Scipio, praetor 174 BC
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, consul 162 BC, 155 BC
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus (Scipio the Younger)
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio, consul 138 BC
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio, consul 111 BC
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, praetor 94 BC
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, consul 83 BC
Publius Cornelius Scipio, consul 16 BC
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Cornelianus Scipio Nasica (Metellus Scipio), consul 52 BC
Ser. Cornelius Scipio L. Saluidienus Orfitus, consul 149
Ser. Cornelius Scipio Saluidienus Orfitus, consul 178

Several places have been named after the Scipiones:

In music, the march from the opera Scipio by George Frideric Handel is the regimental slow march of the British Grenadier Guards.

In the French animated series Code Lyoko, the password to enter Carthage, or sector five is Scipio. According to Jeremie Belpois, the Scipiones defeated the Carthaginians during the Punic Wars.

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