Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (consul 3 BC)

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Lucius Cornelius Lentulus was a Roman politician and senator .

Lentulus was the son of a Lucius Cornelius Lentulus and a grandson of Lucius Lentulus Niger, who was a flamen martialis . Like his grandfather, he held the cultic office of flamen martialis and began his career around 15 BC. As mint master . In the year 3 BC Lentulus became full consul alongside Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus . In research it is controversial whether he was proconsul of the province of Africa. If so, then he died in Africa.

literature

  • PIR²C 1384
  • Bengt E. Thomasson : Fasti Africani. Senatorial and knightly officials in the Roman provinces of North Africa from Augustus to Diocletian (= Skrifter utgivna av svenska institutet i Rom / Acta instituti romani regni sueciae. Volume 4 °, LIII). Paul Åström, Stockholm 1996, ISBN 91-7042-153-6 , p. 25 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gaius , Institutiones 2.25.
personal data
SURNAME Cornelius Lentulus, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lentulus, Lucius Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 3 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH before 45 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 3 v. Chr.