Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus

Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus
NationalityRoman
Known forThird Samnite War
Office
ChildrenLucius Cornelius Scipio and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina
Relativesgreat-grandfather of Scipio Africanus
Military service
AllegianceRoman Republic
Branch/serviceRoman army
Battles/wars
The Sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, erected around 150 BC, contains an Old Latin elogium in Saturnian metre.

Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (c. 337 BC – 270 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.