A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

10. Cn.CorneliusScipioCalvus, son of No. 7, and brother of No. 9, was consul B. C. 222 with M. Claudius Marcellus. In conjunction with his colleague he carried on war against the Insubrians. The details of this war are given under Marcellus. [Vol. II. pp. 927, 928.] (Plb. 2.34; Plut. Marcel. 6, 7; and the other authorities quoted in the life of Marcellus). In B. C. 218 Cneius served as legate of his brother Publius, under whom he carried on war for eight years in Spain, as has been related above.