Scipio

Also known as: Africanus Scipio · Family: Rome · Role: general · First appears: Comparison of Pericles with Fabius

Scipio, also known as Africanus Scipio, was connected as a child to Aemilius Paulus and Papiria, and was associated with Fabius Maximus as a sibling. Aemilius Paulus’s elder son was adopted into the house of Fabius Maximus, while the younger was named Scipio by the son of Scipio Africanus, his cousin-german.

In war, those serving under Scipio defeated Asdrubal in Spain, and he later vanquished Hannibal in Africa. Fabius opposed his undertaking, warning the Romans that it would bring about the destruction of the commonwealth.

Scipio later stood against Sylla, first receiving his offer of a peace treaty and then fighting unsuccessfully against him alongside Carbo and Norbanus. He also attacked Pompey; some accounts say that, as Pompey’s father-in-law, Scipio pressed him into battle to conceal treasure brought from Asia. In the senate, he proposed that Caesar be declared an enemy unless he laid down his arms, and he had previously published scandalous writing against Cato the Younger.

Relationship record

Comparison of Pericles with Fabius

with Fabius (Fabius opposed or condemned Scipio's undertaking.) “But Fabius was not so good a prophet, when he denounced to the Romans that the undertaking of Scipio would be the destruction of the commonwealth.”

Aemilius Paulus

parent: Lucius Paulus “and a son Paulus, who is the subject of my present history”
parent: Aemilius Paulus “though she had made him the father of noble children; being mother of the renowned Scipio, and Fabius Maximus.”
parent: Papiria “though she had made him the father of noble children; being mother of the renowned Scipio, and Fabius Maximus.”
siblings with Fabius Maximus “being mother of the renowned Scipio, and Fabius Maximus.”
rivals with Appius “these two being in their time the most considerable men in the city, and standing in competition for the office of censor”
with Fabius Maximus (interaction) “The elder was adopted into the house of Fabius Maximus”
parent: Scipio Africanus “the younger, by the son of Scipio Africanus, his cousin-german, and was by him named Scipio”

Flamininus

enemies with Asdrubal “those who, under Scipio, had defeated Asdrubal in Spain”
enemies with Hannibal “when he had vanquished in Africa the till then invincible and terrible Hannibal”

Sylla

rivals with Sylla “Sylla, seeing himself still surrounded by so many armies, and such mighty hostile powers, had recourse to art, inviting Scipio, the other consul, to a treaty of peace.”

Sertorius

enemies with Sylla “when Carbo, Norbanus, and Scipio fought unsuccessfully against Sylla, now advancing to Rome,”

Pompey

enemies with Pompey “Next after these, Scipio, the consul, came to attack him”

Comparison of Pompey and Agesilaus

with Pompey (Scipio was Pompey's father-in-law and urged him into battle.) “Some indeed profess that he was deceived by his father-in-law Scipio, who, designing to conceal and keep to himself the greatest part of that treasure which he had brought out of Asia, pressed Pompey to battle, upon the pretence that there would be a want of money.”
with Pompey (Scipio, Pompey's father-in-law, pressed him to battle.) “Some indeed profess that he was deceived by his father-in-law Scipio, who, designing to conceal and keep to himself the greatest part of that treasure which he had brought out of Asia, pressed Pompey to battle, upon the pretence that there would be a want of money.”

Caesar

enemies with Caesar “Scipio, Pompey's father-in-law, proposed in the senate, that if Caesar did not lay down his arms within such a time, he should be voted an enemy”

Cato the Younger

enemies with Cato the Younger “Scipio ... had formerly published some scandalous writing against him.”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.