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branch of the ''

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'' Cornelia, was a Roman politician. Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus was the son of

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. He was one of the ''

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'' and

military tribune A military tribune (Latin ''tribunus militum'', "tribune of the soldiers") was an officer of the Roman army who ranked below the legate and above the centurion. Young men of Equestrian rank often served as military tribune as a stepping stone to ...

before 150 BC, and became

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around that date. He then became

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, probably in 141 BC. He was a

praetor Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected '' magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to discharge vario ...

in 139 BC. As praetor, he expelled the astrologers ( Chaldaeans and

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) from the city of

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: '' 79C. Scipio Hispanus, Cn.''. In: ''

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