Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus

Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus

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Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (died c. 280 BC) was one of the two elected Roman consuls in 298 BC. He led the Roman army to victory against the Etruscans near Volterra. A member of the noble Roman family of Scipiones, he was the father of Lucius Cornelius Scipio and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina and great-grandfather of Scipio Africanus

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1 General of the third Samnite war

1.1 Battle of Volterra, 298 BC

1.2 Battle of Tifernum, 297 BC

1.3 Campaigns under Claudius and Flamma, 296 BC

1.4 The turning point, 295 BC

2 Patrician censor

3 Epitaph

4 Notes

5 Sources

6 Bibliography

7 See also

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