Abstract: (Considerations about the Scipion’s literary circle/workshop) The object of our study is the cultural activity of the Scipio circle whose chronological limit is located in the middle of the second century BC. The beginnings of Latin literature and the literary activity of Terence or Ennius as writers are closely linked to this cultural circle of Hellenophile intellectuals. Our goal is to characterize this “workshop” avant la lettre as leaders of ideas. We will focus dwell on the explanation and illustrations of the notions of “humanitas” and “metanoia” wich were fundamental for this iconoclastic intellectuals.