# Publius Cornelius Scipio

> The Roman consul who chased Hannibal across the Rhône, got there too late, then spent years bleeding Carthage in Spain — until desertion and a bribed alliance killed him and his brother in the same campaign season that turned the Second Punic War's western front into a family grave.

*Roman general and statesman (died 211 BC)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** -255
- **Died:** -211
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Publius Cornelius Scipio served as consul in 218 BC, the first year of the Second Punic War, tasked with confronting Hannibal in Iberia. Sailing from Pisa, he stopped at Massalia to resupply and discovered Hannibal had already crossed the Rhône; by the time Scipio disembarked and marched, Hannibal was gone. He sent his brother Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus on to Spain with the army and returned to Italy, where he was defeated and severely wounded in a cavalry clash near the Ticinus, then watched the disaster at Trebia in December when his fellow consul allegedly ignored his advice. The Roman people kept faith: his command was extended, and by the following year he was back in Hispania with Calvus, winning ground against Carthage and shoring up Rome's position. The brothers campaigned until 211 BC, when Celtiberian allies bribed by Hasdrubal Barca deserted, and both Scipiones were killed — Publius at the upper Baetis, Calvus at Ilorci. At the funeral, a speaker's head reportedly caught fire mid-eulogy, which Pliny the Elder recorded as a divine call to vengeance.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 9.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Journalist, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3293507)
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- [Publi Corneli Escipió (cònsol 218 aC)](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publi_Corneli_Escipi%C3%B3_(c%C3%B2nsol_218_aC))
- [Publius Cornelius Scipio](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Scipio)
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- [Πόπλιος Κορνήλιος Σκιπίων (ύπατος το 218 π.Χ.)](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BD%CE%AE%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD_(%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF_218_%CF%80.%CE%A7.))
- [Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_(consul_218_BC))
- [Publio Cornelio Escipión (cónsul 218 a. C.)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publio_Cornelio_Escipi%C3%B3n_(c%C3%B3nsul_218_a._C.))
- [Publio Kornelio Eszipion](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publio_Kornelio_Eszipion)
- [پابلیوس کرنلیوس اسکیپو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%88)
- [Publius Cornelius Scipio](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Scipio)
- [Publio Cornelio Escipión](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publio_Cornelio_Escipi%C3%B3n)
- [פובליוס קורנליוס סקיפיו](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%95)
- [Publius Cornelius Scipio (Kr. e. 218)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_(Kr._e._218))
- [Publius Cornelius Scipio](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Scipio)
- [Publio Cornelio Scipione (console 218 a.C.)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publio_Cornelio_Scipione_(console_218_a.C.))
- [プブリウス・コルネリウス・スキピオ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA)
- [푸블리우스 코르넬리우스 스키피오](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%91%B8%EB%B8%94%EB%A6%AC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EC%BD%94%EB%A5%B4%EB%84%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EC%8A%A4%ED%82%A4%ED%94%BC%EC%98%A4)
- [Publius Cornelius L.f. Scipio](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_L.f._Scipio)
- [Publius Cornelius Scipio I](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_I)
- [Publius Cornelius Scipio](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Scipio)
- [Publiusz Korneliusz Scypion](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publiusz_Korneliusz_Scypion)
- [Públio Cornélio Cipião (cônsul em 218 a.C.)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAblio_Corn%C3%A9lio_Cipi%C3%A3o_(c%C3%B4nsul_em_218_a.C.))
- [بابليوس سكيبيو](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%88)
- [Publiu Corneliu Escipión](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publiu_Corneliu_Escipi%C3%B3n)

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