Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus († around 125 BC) was a Roman senator and politician.
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus belonged to the Lentuli branch of the Cornelier family . It is for the year 163 BC. As a Kurul aedile . For the next two years he was Rome's envoy to Greece. 159 BC Lupus became praetor , three years later he was consul with Gaius Marcius Figulus . 154 BC He was charged with extortion and convicted. Nevertheless he could 147 BC Chr. Censor be. For the year 143 BC He is mentioned as a member of the priestly college of the decemviri sacris faciundis . Since 131 BC Until before 125 BC. Was Lupus princeps senatus . After his death he was ridiculed by the satirist Lucilius for his way of life.
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Cornelius I 51. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , column 175.
- T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, p. 447, (Unchanged reprint 1968).
Footnotes
- ↑ Valerius Maximus 5,9,10.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cornelius Lentulus Lupus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lentulus Lupus, Lucius Cornelius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 156 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 125 BC Chr. |