Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispallus was a Roman politician in the second century BC.

Family

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (died 211 BC) was a Roman general and statesman during the third century BC. He played a major part in the Second Punic War, establishing Roman rule in the east of the Iberian peninsula and tying up several Carthagin ...

, the consul of 222 BC, was his father. Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, consul of 191 BC, was his brother. In 139 BC, serving as

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, the son of Cornelius Hispallus, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus, expelled the

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and Chaldeans from Rome

Career

Hispallus was named

Pontiff In Roman antiquity, a pontiff () was a member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs."Pontifex". "Oxford English Dictionary", March 2007 The term ''pontiff'' was later applied to any h ...

in 199 BC and elected Praetor in 179 BC.Titus Livius, 41, 15-16 In 176 BC, he was elected consul together with

Quintus Petillius Spurinus Quintus Petillius Spurinus was a Roman politician in the second century BC. Career Quintus Petillius served as Tribune of the plebs in 187 BC, accusing Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus of embezzlement.Aulus Gellius, ''Attic Night Tales'', IV, 18 ...

, but died the same year of an illness in the town of Cumis. Gaius Valerius Laevinus succeeded as consul in his place.Valerius Maximus, Famous Sayings, 9, 1, 3,3

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