Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus (consul 51)

Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus was a Roman senator and a consul of Rome in the year 51.^[1] His father Orfitus was a son of Vistilia, a noblewoman who came from a family which held the praetorship.

He was named consul ordinarius in the year 51 as a colleague of the emperor Claudius I.^[2] In 62-63, he was named proconsul of the Province of Africa by order of the emperor Nero.

After his mandate in Africa finished, he fell into disgrace and was accused of being a traitor to the emperor Nero in the Senate by Marcus Aquilius Regulus. He was found guilty and executed.

His grandson, Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus followed in his footsteps and became consul of Rome in the year 110 under the emperor Trajan.

References

• The information on this page was translated from its Spanish equivalent.

1. His career is detailed in the mutilated inscription CIL VI 41121 = AE 1966, 18, Rome, Italia: [Ser(vio) Cornelio Ser(vi) f(ilio)]/ Scaptia S[cipioni]/ Salvidien[o Orfito co(n)s(uli)]/ proco(n)s(uli) p[rov(inciae) Afri]/cae cur[atori ------
2. The chronicles detail this as follows:
   • AE 1964, 154 = AE 1966, 65, Ostia, Italia: L[u]stratio VI K(alendas) Iulias/ dedicata K(alendis) Ianuaris/ Ti(berio) Claudio Caisare Augusto [V]/ Ser(vio) Cornelio O[r]fito [co(n)s(ulibus)]
   • CIL VI 353 = CIL VI 30747 = CIL X *948,02 = AE 2003, 31, Roma, Italia: Ti(berio) Claudio Caisare(!) / Aug(usto) Germanico V / Ser(vio) Cornelio Orfito co(n)s(ulibus) / Isidi Invictai(!) et Serap[i] / M(arcus) Aidius Serviliai(!) Aviol[ae] / lib(ertus) Amerimnus / ex visu
   • CIL VI 1984, Roma, Italia:Dec(uria) XXVII / adlectus ad numerum ex s(enatus) c(onsulto) / Nero Claudius Caesar Aug(usti) [f(ilius)] / Germanicus / [Ti(berio)] Claudio Caesare Aug(usto) German(ico) V / [Se]r(vio) Cornelio Orfito co(n)s(ulibus) / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) ann(o) DCCCIIII / [C(aius)] Rutilius G[all]icus cooptatus / [P(ublio) G]alerio Trachalo Ti(berio) Catio Silio Ital(ico) co(n)s(ulibus) / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) an(no) DCCCXXI / [T(itus)] Tettienus Serenus / coopt(atus) / [I]mp(erator) Caes(ar) Domitianus Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) XVI co(n)s(ul) / Q(uintus) Volusius Saturninus / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) an(no) DCCCXLIIII / D(ecimus) Iunius Carus coopt(atus) / [L(ucio)] Vipstano Messalla M(arco) Pedone Vergilian(o) co(n)s(ulibus) / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) ann(o) DCCCLXVII / [3] Plotius Gallus Celsianus coopt(atus) / [C(aio)] Bruttio Praesente A(ulo) Iunio Rufino co(n)s(ulibus) / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) DCCCCVI / M(arco) Aelio Aurelio Vero Caesare III / L(ucio) Aelio Aurelio Commodo II c[o(n)]s(ulibus) / coopt(atus) / L(ucius) Petronius Severus No[3]anus / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) ann(o) DCCCCXIII / C(aius) Licinius Licinianus coopt(atus) / Q(uinto) Sosio Prisco P(ublio) Coelio Apollinare co(n)s(ulibus) / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) a(nno) DCCCC[XXI] / C(aius) Licinius Trio Paulinus / cooptatus / Imp(eratore) L(ucio) Septimio Severo Pio Pertina/ce Aug(usto) III et / M(arco) Aurelio Antonino Aug(usto) c[o(n)]s(ulibus) / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) a(nno) DCCCCLIIII / Ma(nio) Acilio Faustino Triario [Rufino co(n)s(ulibus)] / M(arcus) Antonius [3]anus [cooptatus] / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) a(nno) DCCCCLXIII / M(arcus) Antonius Fe[3] / Ti(berio) Manilio [Fusco II] / Ser(vio) Calpurnio [Dextro co(n)s(ulibus)] / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) DCCCCL[XXVII] / A(ulus) Terentius Pude(n)s / Imp(eratore) Caes(are) M(arco) Aurell(io) Se<v=B>ero [Alexandro Aug(usto) III] / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) a(nno) DCCCCLXXX[I] / L(ucio) Virio Agricola Sex(to) Catio C[lementi]no c[o(n)]s(ulibus) / in locum Terenti Pud[ent]is / Q(uintum) Pe[tro]nium Melio[re]m / [co]optatum / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) ann(o) DCCCCLXXX[II] // Dec(uria) XXVIII / adlectus ad numerum ex s(enatus) c(onsulto) / T(itus) Caesar Aug(usti) f(ilius) imperator / Imp(eratore) Caesare Vespasiano Aug(usto) III / M(arco) Cocceio Nerva co(n)s(ulibus) / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) an(no) DCCCXXIIII / Laterano et Rufino co(n)s(ulibus) / super numerum / cooptatus ex s(enatus) c(onsulto) / M(arcus) Aurelius Antoninus / Caes(ar) destinatus / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) DCCCCXLVIIII / Imp(erator) M(arcus) Opellius Severus Macrinus Aug(ustus) / cooptatus / C(aio) Bruttio Praesente T(ito) Messio Extricato / II co(n)s(ulibus) / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) ann(o) DCCCCLXX / Q(uintus) Aradius Rufinus cooptatus / Imp(eratore) Antonino II et Sacerdote II co(n)s(ulibus) / p(ost) R(omam) c(onditam) ann(o) DCCCCLXXII
   • AE 1973, 157, Pompeya, Italia: Ti(berio) Claudio Caesare Augusto Germanico / quinto Ser(vio) Cornelio Orfito co(n)s(ulibus) / VI Nonas Maias / C(aius) Sulpicius Cinnamus scripsi me debere / Phosphoro Ti(beri) Claudi Caesaris Augusti / servo Lepidiano sestertia / nonaginta quattuor mil{l}ia / nummum eaque sestertia / nonaginta quattuor mil{l}ia nummum / quae s(upra) s(cripta) sunt Idibus Iuni(i)s primis / proba recte da[r]i stipulatus est / Phosp[h]orus Ti(beri) Cla[ud]i Caesaris // [Augusti servus Lepidianus spopondi] / [ego C(aius) Sulpicius Cinnamus] / [actum Puteolis] // ] p[r]o[ba recte dari stipul]atus est / Ph[os]ph[orus Ti(beri) Claud]i Caesa[ris] / [Augu]s[ti servus Lepidianu]s spo[p]o[nd]i / [ego] C(aius) Su[lpicius Cinn]am[us] / actum [Puteolis]

Bibliography

• PIR², C 1444.