Nasica

On the other hand, Publius Scipio, called Nasica, used to end all his speeches with the words, "And I further am of opinion that

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839

"Nasica," he replied, "I, too, once felt as you do now, and one day you will feel as I do now.

The History of Rome, Vol. VI 1905

Fresh lists of possibly sympathetic senators had been drawn up, and according to Curius these now included two young patrician senators, Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Quintus Scipio Nasica.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

At the age of thirteen, she had been humiliatingly jilted by her fiancé, the haughty young aristocrat Scipio Nasica.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

There was literally no man in Rome with grander lineage than Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Cornelius Scipio Nasica—Nasica meaning “pointed nose,” which he carried very firmly in the air—for he was not only the natural son of a Scipio but the adopted son of Metellus Pius, pontifex maximus, and the titular head of the Metelli clan.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

At the age of thirteen, she had been humiliatingly jilted by her fiancé, the haughty young aristocrat Scipio Nasica.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

Eventually, perhaps an hour late, to ironic applause, the immaculate figure of the consul-elect eased through the press of spectators, followed by his junior counsel—none other than young Scipio Nasica, the love rival of Cato—then Quintus Metellus, and finally came Verres himself, looking redder than usual in the heat.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

Eventually, perhaps an hour late, to ironic applause, the immaculate figure of the consul-elect eased through the press of spectators, followed by his junior counsel—none other than young Scipio Nasica, the love rival of Cato—then Quintus Metellus, and finally came Verres himself, looking redder than usual in the heat.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

All my long life I have treasured—and for what little remains of it I shall continue to treasure—the reactions of Hortensius, Verres, Metellus, and Scipio Nasica at that moment.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

Scipio Nasica, her former suitor, who has just come back from Spain after fighting in the army of Pompey-the-so-called-Great, has found out how rich she has become now that her father and brother are gone, and he has reclaimed her as his own.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006