Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica
Not much is known about the early life of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio. He was a member of the "gens Cornelia" and the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum and his wife Cornelia, daughter of Scipio Africanus. Scipio Nasica was born in 182 or 181 BC. Scipio Nasica Serapio was the third member of his family to bear the agnomen "Nasica" (pointed nose). He succeeded his father as "Pontifex Maximus" in 141 BC, possibly because of his illustrious family name and his father's great reputation.