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In 259 BC , he led the Roman Fleet in the capture of Aleria and then Corsica , but failed against Olbia in Sardinia . The '' Fasti Triumphales '' record that he was awarded a Triumph , but two other inscriptions on his career don't mention it.

He later dedicated a temple to the Tempestates , locating it near the Porta Capena .




Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus was a brother of Scipio Africanus Major .




Another Lucius Cornelius Scipio was a son of Scipio Africanus Major . He was captured in 192 BC by Antiochus III but released sometime before the Battle Of Magnesia in 190 . (The accounts of this episode are confused.) His father's secretary, a Gaius Cicereius , helped him win a Praetor ship in 174 .

''See also:'' Cornelius , Scipio