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Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus was one of the Roman Consuls in 298 BC . He led the Roman army to victory against the Etruscans near Volaterrae . A member of the noble Roman family of Scipiones , he was the father of Lucius Cornelius Scipio . His sarcophagus, now in the Vatican Museums , preserves his epitaph, written in Old Latin Saturnian meter: :CORNELIVS·LVCIVS·SCIPIO·BARBATVS·GNAIVOD·PATRE :PROGNATVS·FORTIS·VIR·SAPIENSQVE—QVOIVS·FORMA·VIRTVTEI·PARISVMA :FVIT—CONSOL CENSOR·AIDILIS·QVEI·FVIT·APVD·VOS—TAVRASIA·CISAVNA :SAMNIO·CEPIT—SVBIGIT·OMNE·LOVCANA·OPSIDESQVE·ABDOVCIT "Cornelius Lucius Scipio Barbatus, sprung from Gnaeus his father, a man strong and wise, whose appearance was most in keeping with his virtue, who was Consul , Censor , and Aedile among you - He captured Taurasia, Cisauna, Samnium - he subdued all Lucania and led off hostages." He was the patrician Censor of 280 BC . His censorate is notable because it is the first one of which we have a reliable record, though the position was quite old by that time. SEE ALSO |
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