Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus

Lucius Cornelius Scipio asiaticus (also Asiagenes or Asiagenus ) was a Roman politician and military commander of the 3rd / 2nd Century BC He was the brother of the main representative of the Cornelii Scipiones family, the elder Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.

Lucius Cornelius Scipio began his public career as a legacy in the campaigns of his brother in Spain, Africa and Sicily during the Second Punic War. As praetor, he managed in the year 193 BC Sicily and fought from 191 BC in Greece against the Seleucid Antiochus III. , Where he was supported by his brother Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus as a military advisor.

As consul of 190 BC he had the chief command in the decisive battle of Magnesia. After the Peace of Apamea 188 BC it a triumph in Rome was allowed; because of his military successes in the East, he led the honorary title asiaticus. The political process, which was performed 187 BC against him for bribery by Antiochus and embezzlement of government funds, ended his political career.