Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus (Consul 18 BC)

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus (* before 61 BC; † 25 ) was a Roman politician and senator .

He was the son of a Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, probably Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus , consul 49 BC. In the year 18 BC He held the ordinary consulate of the year together with Publius Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus .

Probably around the year 11 AD he undertook a campaign against the Dacians and Geten on behalf of Augustus, and later he also fought back the Sarmatians . In old age he was good friends with Emperor Tiberius .

His son was Cossus Cornelius Lentulus , consul of the year 1 BC. Chr.

literature

Prosopographia Imperii Romani , 2nd edition, C 1378.
Edmund Groag : Cornelius 180 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Col. 1361-1363.

personal data
SURNAME	Cornelius Lentulus, Gnaeus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lentulus, Gnaeus Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul of the year 18 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	before 61 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	1st century BC BC or 1st century