 The older Scipio had been thought to have been governor in 36/37; however, Ronald Syme points to an inscription discovered in Lydia which indicates the date of Scipio's governorship falls in 41/2.The old date apparently is based on Asiaticus having been appointed consul at the earliest age permitted by the "Lex annales", which for a patrician is 32; however, based on the new evidence, Asiaticus acceded to the highest Republican magistracy as early as the age of 26.