Publius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus

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Publius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus was a Roman statesman who served as the Consul in 328 BC and Dictator in 306 BC.[1][2] His primary duty as dictator was to hold the comitia to elect new consuls. He later served as Pontifex maximus.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rüpke, Jörg; Richardson, David (2008). Fasti Sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 BC to AD 499. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 641.
  2. ^ Baker, G. P. (1929). Hannibal. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. p. 197.
  3. ^ Long, George (1841). The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: v. 1-27. London: C. Knight. p. 77.