. "a surname in the Scipio family . So P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica, who was declared to be the most virtuousman in the state, and on that account was sent to accompany the image of the Mater Idaea to Rome" . "a surname in the Scipio family . So P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica, who was declared to be the most virtuousman in the state, and on that account was sent to accompany the image of the Mater Idaea to Rome" . .