Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus

Lucius also had an elder brother, Publius, better known as Scipio Africanus, who was the leading man of his generation and the vanquisher of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202.

Lucius was very close to his brother throughout his career, but had a conflicting relationship with his cousin Scipio Nasica since both of them were born circa 228, and therefore fought for the same magistracies at each stage of their cursus honorum.

Lucius served under his brother in Spain during the Second Punic War, defeating the Carthaginian commander Larus in a famous duel,[5] and in 208 BC took a town on his own.

[10] Upon his return to Rome, he celebrated a triumph (189 BC) and requested the title "Asiaticus" to signify his conquest of Western Asia Minor.

He was eventually pardoned by the tribune Tiberius Gracchus,[12] although he was forced to sell his property and pay the state a lump sum.

He was a candidate for the censorship in 184 BC, but was defeated by an old enemy of his family, M. Porcius Cato, who deprived Lucius of his Public Horse at the review of the equites.