Scipio; Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor, son of Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus, [i, 116], [121]; adopted son of Publius Africanus's son, [i, 121]; friend and pupil of Panaetius, [i, 90]; intimate friend of Laelius ([q.v.]) and devoted to literature; serious, earnest, [i, 108]; self-control, [ii, 76]; a great soldier, [i, 76], [116]; at Pydna (168) with his father; captured and destroyed Carthage (136) and Numantia (133), [i, 35]; [ii, 76]; statesman of high ideals, a bitter rival and yet a friend of Quintus Metellus, [i, 87].
[Scipio;] Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio, known chiefly as the man who led the riot and murdered Tiberius Gracchus, [i, 76], 109.
Scipio; Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, son of the preceding; died in his consulship (111); a charming gentleman and a brilliant speaker, [i, 109].
Secret sin, [ii, 37 fg].
Seius, Marcus, reduced the price of corn and regained his lost popularity, [ii, 58].
Self-control; see [Temperance].
Self-sacrifice, [iii, 25]; of Regulus, [iii, 97-115].
Sergius, Gaius; see [Orata].
Sicily, the great island south-west of Italy, fertile and rich, occupied along the coasts by prosperous Greek colonies, a Roman province (212 on), an easy prey for rapacious governors, as Verres whom Cicero prosecuted (70), [ii, 50].
Sicyon, a city near Corinth, famous as a centre of art; Aratus and the tyranny, [ii, 81-82].