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Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito

Publius Cornelius Scipio ‘Salvito’ (the cognomen

Cognomen

The cognomen was originally a middle name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary ....
Salvito is a nickname for ’Greetings’) was a consul who lived in the late Roman Republic

Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
. He was a member of the Cornelius

Cornelius (gens)

File:Sommer, Giorgio - n. 1236 - Pompei - Casa di Cornelio Ruffo.jpgCornelius was the nomen of the patrician gens Cornelia , one of the most important gens, or families, of Ancient Rome....
gens and a relative of Scipio Africanus

Scipio Africanus

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus also known as Scipio Africanus, Scipio the Elder, and Africanus the Elder was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic....
, the Roman general who defeated Hannibal.

Salvito married Pompey

Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
’s great-granddaughter Scribonia

Scribonia

Scribonia was the daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo and Cornelia Sulla . Her brother of the same name was consul and died in 34 BC. She was the second wife of Roman Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only natural child, Julia the Elder....
as her second husband. Through this marriage he became a relative of Pompey

Pompey

Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 16 BC)

Publius Cornelius Scipio was perhaps the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito and Scribonia. He was possibly elder brother to Cornelia Scipio and the elder half-brother to Julia the Elder, who was the daughter of Emperor Augustus....
and a daughter Cornelia Scipio

Cornelia Scipio

Cornelia Scipio or Cornelia Scipionis was the daughter of Scribonia and consul Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito. She married the censor Lucius Aemilius Paullus....
who married Lucius Aemilius Paullus (who served as a censor).

Caesar replaced him with Tiberius Nero

Tiberius Nero

Tiberius Claudius Nero was a member of the Claudius of ancient Rome. He was a descendant of the original Tiberius Claudius Nero a consul, son of Appius Claudius Caecus the censor....
for the priesthood, because of Tiberius’ success in the Alexandrian War.

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Publius Cornelius Scipio ‘Salvito’ (the cognomen

Cognomen

Roman Republic

Cornelius (gens)

Scipio Africanus

Pompey

Scribonia

Pompey

Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 16 BC)

Cornelia Scipio

Tiberius Nero

Julius Caesar

'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
, but was always in favour of Pompey. According to Suetonius

Lives of the Twelve Caesars

De vita Caesarum commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 Roman Emperor of the Roman Empire written by Suetonius....
, his character towards Caesar was ‘contemptible’.

During the Civil War between Pompey and Caesar, Salvito traveled to North Africa

North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa.Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Northern Africa includes the following seven countries or territories:...
to assist another of Pompey’s allies, King Juba I of Numidia

Juba I of Numidia

File:Juba denarius in support of Pompey against Cesar 60 46 BCE.jpgJuba I of Numidia or Juba I , was a King of Numidia. He was the son and successor to King of Numidia Hiempsal II....
. There was a prophecy that Caecilius Metellus

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica

File:Silver denarius of Metellus Scipio 47 46 BCE.jpgQuintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica was a Roman consul and military commander in the Roman Republic....
, Salvito's father, would become victorious over Caesar in Africa, however Caesar mocked this.

After the murder of Pompey in Egypt

Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
48 BC, the civil war had reached its turning point. Caesar and his legions had begun to attack his remaining allies. In Thapsus

Thapsus

Thapsus was an ancient city in what is modern day Tunisia. Its ruins exist at Ras Dimas near Bekalta, approximately 200 km southeast of Carthage....
(North Africa), King Juba and Scipio and their legions were defeated by Caesar and his legions. For this victory, Caesar received a military triumph in Rome.

After the defeat, King Juba committed suicide and Numidia in 46 BC became the Roman province

Roman province

In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italia ....
of Africa Nova. Salvito was pardoned and he and his family returned to Rome. In 41

41 BC

Year 41 BC was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
/40 BC he was forced to divorce his wife Scribona in order so that her uncle Sextus Pompeius

Sextus Pompeius

Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, in English Sextus Pompey , was a Ancient Rome general from the late Roman Republic . He was the last focus of opposition to the Second Triumvirate....
could make an alliance with the Julian family. Scribonia married Octavian (later Emperor Augustus) with whom she had a daughter, Julia the Elder

Julia the Elder

Julia the Elder , known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia was the daughter and only natural child of Augustus....
. He later divorced her to marry Livia

Livia

Livia Drusilla, after 14 AD called Julia Augusta was the wife of Augustus and one of the most powerful women in the Roman Empire, being Augustus' faithful advisor....
Drusilla. Salvito never remarried, he later became consul in 35 BC and died soon afterwards.

Source

Suetonius
Suetonius

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius , was an equestrian and a historian during the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies on the battles of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar until Domitian, entitled On the Life of the Caesars....
, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Caesar and Tiberius