Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispallus

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispallus was a Roman politician in the second century BC.

Family

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, the consul of 222 BC, was his father. Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, consul of 191 BC, was his brother. In 139 BC, serving as Praetor, the son of Cornelius Hispallus expelled the Jews and Chaldeans from Rome

Career

Hispallus was named Pontiff in 199 BC and elected Praetor in 179 BC. In 176 BC, he was elected consul together with Quintus Petillius Spurinus, but died the same year of an illness in the town of Cumis. Gaius Valerius Laevinus succeeded as consul in his place.