Talk:Cornelius Scipio Salvito

Confusion
I'm sorry, I looked at Smith (Biography) and Suetonius and there seems to be a confusion between a derided character called salvito and the husband of Scribonia. The husband was a consul, but no one knows when, put aside so his wife could make a political marriage. Where the 35 BC comes from is beyond my grasp at this point. But more importantly Salvito is not a legitimate cognomen, it is a derisive name, probably formed from Salutio. Salvito means "let him say goodbye"; that is, Publius Cornelius Scipio "scram". There is no evidence that scram was the husband of Scribonia, who married some pretty important people and probably wouldn't have been caught dead being married to anyone called "scram." By that time legitimate Scipios were fast disappearing. So, there appear to be two people wrongly connected in this article. Suetonius doesn't make any of these connections. Outside of him there are no sources listed. Anyone can check me on this - I wish you would - but for now I am putting on some tags. I notice no one has put this supposed person in with the legitimate Scipios.Dave (talk) 07:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with the above - this article is rubbish, a mismash of three different Scipios - (i) Salvito, (ii) the Scipio who was married to Scribonia, and (iii) Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (e.g. the statement that he was replaced as pontifex by Tiberius Nero refers to Scipio Nasica). Since it is here, I will keep this article page for Salvito, even though he is hardly an important figure during the late Republic, with all of the details related to Scribonia and Scipio Nasica removed. The statement that he was consul in 35 BC stems from the confusion of the identify of a suffect consul for that year. It was always known that it was a P. Cornelius, which is why that consul was in the past linked with Scribonia. However, it is now certain that the suffect consul of 35 BC was Publius Cornelius Dolabella. Oatley2112 (talk) 13:55, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I have fixed it now. Oatley2112 (talk) 14:34, 29 June 2012 (UTC)