Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CORN2082 Cn. Cornelius (228, 24) P. f. Lentulus Marcellinus

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • 100?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • Before 45, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

son of
Cornelia (411) (daughter of? P. Cornelius (355) P. f. P. n. Scipio Nasica Serapio (cos. 111)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Har. Resp. 22

P. Cornelius (230) Marcelli f. Lentulus Marcellinus (monetal. 100) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Har. Resp. 22

brother of
? P. Cornelius (231) Lentulus Marcellinus (q. pro pr. c. 75) (DPRR Team)
married to
Scribonia (32) (daughter of L. Scribonius (19) Libo (pr.? 80)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

CIL 6.26033

father of
P. Cornelius (232) Lentulus Marcellinus (q. 48) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

CIL 6.26033

-. Cornelius (227) Marcellinus (son of Cn. Cornelius (228, 24) P. f. Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

CIL 6.26033

related to
P. Cornelius (350) Cn. f. L. n. Scipio Nasica (cos. 191) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Har. Resp. 22

Career

  • Curator Denariorum Flandorum 76 (RRC) Expand
    • On his coinage, see Crawford, RRC 1.356-357, no. 345, who dates it to 88 and attributes it, not to the consul of 56 as in MRR 2.437, but to Lentulus Clodianus (216), Cos. 72 (see above). See also Wiseman, NC 1964, 156. He attributes the coins inscribed Lent(ulus) Cur(ator) Den(ariorum) Fl(andorum) Q. to the future consul of 56 (RRC 1.407, no. 393, 76- 75 B.C.; see MRR 2.103), when he was quaestor, perhaps in Spain. Tr. pl. 68, and Leg., lieut. 67. Syme (JRS 53, 1963, 56-60-RP 2.559-563) and Sumner (Orators 125-126, 133-134) identify the Cn. Cornelius (24), Tr. pl. 68 (see MRR 2.138; ILLRP 465a), with the future consul of 56, and with the Cn. Lentulus (Cic. Leg. Man. 58) who was a legatus the year after his tribunate, as Marcellinus was in fact legatus pro praetore with Pompey in 67 (MRR 2.148). See also Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 122-123. In the war against the pirates he had charge of the coast of Cyrene. For inscriptions attesting his authority there and his services to the cities of Cyrene, see J. M. Reynolds, JRS 52, 1962, 97-103. Identification of the tr. pl. of 68 with the cos. of 56 demands that the latter should be considered a plebeian. The adoption of Dolabella by a Lentulus in order to make him eligible for the tribunate of 47 shows that there were plebeian Lentuli (Shackleton Bailey, Studies 29-32). His election as VIIvir Epulo (Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 56 B.C.; MRR 2.214) may also imply that he was plebeian (Willems, Senat 1.444; Mommsen, RF 1.90-91; but cf. Shackleton Bailey, AJPh 96, 1975, 333). Procos. in Syria, 59. See MRR 2.190. Crawford attributes to him a gold stater, minted at Antioch and inscribed Cn. Lentul (RRC 1.544-545, no. 549). Cos. 56. In MRR 2.207, add "cf. CIL 1?.2.760-ILLRP 390." (Broughton MRR III)
    • ref. 393 (RRC)
  • Curator Denariorum Flandorum 75 (RRC) Expand
    • On his coinage, see Crawford, RRC 1.356-357, no. 345, who dates it to 88 and attributes it, not to the consul of 56 as in MRR 2.437, but to Lentulus Clodianus (216), Cos. 72 (see above). See also Wiseman, NC 1964, 156. He attributes the coins inscribed Lent(ulus) Cur(ator) Den(ariorum) Fl(andorum) Q. to the future consul of 56 (RRC 1.407, no. 393, 76- 75 B.C.; see MRR 2.103), when he was quaestor, perhaps in Spain. Tr. pl. 68, and Leg., lieut. 67. Syme (JRS 53, 1963, 56-60-RP 2.559-563) and Sumner (Orators 125-126, 133-134) identify the Cn. Cornelius (24), Tr. pl. 68 (see MRR 2.138; ILLRP 465a), with the future consul of 56, and with the Cn. Lentulus (Cic. Leg. Man. 58) who was a legatus the year after his tribunate, as Marcellinus was in fact legatus pro praetore with Pompey in 67 (MRR 2.148). See also Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 122-123. In the war against the pirates he had charge of the coast of Cyrene. For inscriptions attesting his authority there and his services to the cities of Cyrene, see J. M. Reynolds, JRS 52, 1962, 97-103. Identification of the tr. pl. of 68 with the cos. of 56 demands that the latter should be considered a plebeian. The adoption of Dolabella by a Lentulus in order to make him eligible for the tribunate of 47 shows that there were plebeian Lentuli (Shackleton Bailey, Studies 29-32). His election as VIIvir Epulo (Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 56 B.C.; MRR 2.214) may also imply that he was plebeian (Willems, Senat 1.444; Mommsen, RF 1.90-91; but cf. Shackleton Bailey, AJPh 96, 1975, 333). Procos. in Syria, 59. See MRR 2.190. Crawford attributes to him a gold stater, minted at Antioch and inscribed Cn. Lentul (RRC 1.544-545, no. 549). Cos. 56. In MRR 2.207, add "cf. CIL 1?.2.760-ILLRP 390." (Broughton MRR III)
    • ref. 393 (RRC)
  • Tribunus Plebis? 68 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • 8 This list of at least nine, and perhaps all ten, of the Tribunes of this year is secured by combining the three names preserved in the prescript of the Lex Antonia with the names preserved in CIL 12.2.744, where all or part of all ten names appears. They are all names of Tribunes (see commentary in CIL), except perhaps the fragmentary name of a Curator Viarum, which comes last in the list above. Caesar, probably before his aedileship (Plut. Caes. 5.5), and Minucius Thermus, when a candidate for the consulship undertook curatorships, Caesar of the Appian, and Minucius of the Flaminian, way (Cic. Att. 1.1.2). Volcatius therefore, if his name is correctly restored, could possibly be the Consul of 66. Mommsen however has shown that the Tribunes were concerned with public works in the city (Ges. Schr. 3.27 ff., and comm. on CIL 12.2.744), and interprets no. 751 on the builder of the Pens Fabricius to mean that Fabricius as Curator Viarum was at the same time one of the Tribunes (62 B. C.). The date of this college of Tribunes remains not altogether certain. It is of necessity later than the date mentioned in the Lex Antonia (Apr. 1, 72), and cannot be placed in 69 (see 69, Tribunes), or in the years of the tribunates of Plautius (see 70), or of Lollius Palicanus (see 71). Mommsen's suggestion of 72 would be possible if Tribunes at that time had the right to propose legislation, but Mommsen's chief evidence that they had this right, contrary to what both Cicero (Leg. 3.2.2) and Caesar (BC 1.7.3) imply, seems to be this very law (Str. 2.312, note 1, and 3.158). The law therefore is probably subsequent to the restoration of the powers of the tribunate. By elimination 68 appears to be the most probable year. The date in 72 chosen as a point of reference in the law for the regulation of arrangements with Termessus must be based on a situation in Asia or in Termessus itself during the Third Mithridatic War. Note also that a date in 68 probably reveals a stage in the career of Antonius after his expulsion from the Senate in 70. On the Lex Antonia, see Magic, Roman Rule in Asia Minor, 1.295; 2.1176f., note 34. (Broughton MRR II)
    • One of a group of persons named by Cicero as examples of holding a tribunate in one year and becoming Legates in the next (Leg. Man. 58, 66 B. C.). He might be identified with Lentulus Marcellinus, Cos. in 56, if the latter was really a plebeian. (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2)
    • Tr. pl. 68. Named in a list of tribunes dating in some year between 72 and 68 and most probably in 68 (MRR 2.138, 141, note 8; ILS 5800, with 38; ILLRP 465a; and Syme, JRS 53, 1963, 58-RP 2, 563; Sumner, Orators 125-127). He should be identified with the Cn. Lentulus who was tribune in one year and legatus in the next (Cic. Leg. Man. 58), and, being a plebeian Lentulus, descended from the Claudii Marcelli, may be Cn. Cornelius P. f. - n. Lentulus Marcellinus (228). Cos. 56 (Sumner, loc. cit.). (Broughton MRR III)
    • On his coinage, see Crawford, RRC 1.356-357, no. 345, who dates it to 88 and attributes it, not to the consul of 56 as in MRR 2.437, but to Lentulus Clodianus (216), Cos. 72 (see above). See also Wiseman, NC 1964, 156. He attributes the coins inscribed Lent(ulus) Cur(ator) Den(ariorum) Fl(andorum) Q. to the future consul of 56 (RRC 1.407, no. 393, 76- 75 B.C.; see MRR 2.103), when he was quaestor, perhaps in Spain. Tr. pl. 68, and Leg., lieut. 67. Syme (JRS 53, 1963, 56-60-RP 2.559-563) and Sumner (Orators 125-126, 133-134) identify the Cn. Cornelius (24), Tr. pl. 68 (see MRR 2.138; ILLRP 465a), with the future consul of 56, and with the Cn. Lentulus (Cic. Leg. Man. 58) who was a legatus the year after his tribunate, as Marcellinus was in fact legatus pro praetore with Pompey in 67 (MRR 2.148). See also Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 122-123. In the war against the pirates he had charge of the coast of Cyrene. For inscriptions attesting his authority there and his services to the cities of Cyrene, see J. M. Reynolds, JRS 52, 1962, 97-103. Identification of the tr. pl. of 68 with the cos. of 56 demands that the latter should be considered a plebeian. The adoption of Dolabella by a Lentulus in order to make him eligible for the tribunate of 47 shows that there were plebeian Lentuli (Shackleton Bailey, Studies 29-32). His election as VIIvir Epulo (Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 56 B.C.; MRR 2.214) may also imply that he was plebeian (Willems, Senat 1.444; Mommsen, RF 1.90-91; but cf. Shackleton Bailey, AJPh 96, 1975, 333). Procos. in Syria, 59. See MRR 2.190. Crawford attributes to him a gold stater, minted at Antioch and inscribed Cn. Lentul (RRC 1.544-545, no. 549). Cos. 56. In MRR 2.207, add "cf. CIL 1?.2.760-ILLRP 390." (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore 67 Mediterranean (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Under Cn. Pompeius Magnus against the pirates: (Broughton MRR II)
    • 15 Under the Gabinian law Pompey was entitled to appoint Legates with praetorian imperium (App. Mith. 94; cf. SIG³ 750; Plut. Pomp. 26) to the number, according to Plutarch, of 15 (Pomp. 25; cf. Dio 36.37), according to Appian (Mith. 94), of 24; of that number we have the names of the 15 listed above, 13 of whom held command each in one of the 13 special areas designated by Pompey (see Zonar. 10.3). Their appointment may well have been extended in a number of cases with the extension of the term of Pompey's command under the Manilian law. At any rate Gellius was still in command of a fleet in 63 (Cic. P. Red. ad Quir. 17). See Mommsen, Str. 2.656, note 2; Th. Reinach, RPh 14 (1890) 150. On his Legates and plan of campaign, see P. Groebe, Klio 10 (1910) 374-389; H. A. Ormerod, Liverpool Annals of Art and Archaeology 10 (1923) 46-51. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Had charge of the Libyan sea to Cyrene and Egypt (App.; Flor.; cf. SIG³ 750, #, from Cyrene; SEG 9. 56). (Broughton MRR II)
    • One of a group of persons named by Cicero as examples of holding a tribunate in one year and becoming Legates in the next (Leg. Man. 58, 66 B. C.). He might be identified with Lentulus Marcellinus, Cos. in 56, if the latter was really a plebeian. (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2)
    • On his coinage, see Crawford, RRC 1.356-357, no. 345, who dates it to 88 and attributes it, not to the consul of 56 as in MRR 2.437, but to Lentulus Clodianus (216), Cos. 72 (see above). See also Wiseman, NC 1964, 156. He attributes the coins inscribed Lent(ulus) Cur(ator) Den(ariorum) Fl(andorum) Q. to the future consul of 56 (RRC 1.407, no. 393, 76- 75 B.C.; see MRR 2.103), when he was quaestor, perhaps in Spain. Tr. pl. 68, and Leg., lieut. 67. Syme (JRS 53, 1963, 56-60-RP 2.559-563) and Sumner (Orators 125-126, 133-134) identify the Cn. Cornelius (24), Tr. pl. 68 (see MRR 2.138; ILLRP 465a), with the future consul of 56, and with the Cn. Lentulus (Cic. Leg. Man. 58) who was a legatus the year after his tribunate, as Marcellinus was in fact legatus pro praetore with Pompey in 67 (MRR 2.148). See also Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 122-123. In the war against the pirates he had charge of the coast of Cyrene. For inscriptions attesting his authority there and his services to the cities of Cyrene, see J. M. Reynolds, JRS 52, 1962, 97-103. Identification of the tr. pl. of 68 with the cos. of 56 demands that the latter should be considered a plebeian. The adoption of Dolabella by a Lentulus in order to make him eligible for the tribunate of 47 shows that there were plebeian Lentuli (Shackleton Bailey, Studies 29-32). His election as VIIvir Epulo (Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 56 B.C.; MRR 2.214) may also imply that he was plebeian (Willems, Senat 1.444; Mommsen, RF 1.90-91; but cf. Shackleton Bailey, AJPh 96, 1975, 333). Procos. in Syria, 59. See MRR 2.190. Crawford attributes to him a gold stater, minted at Antioch and inscribed Cn. Lentul (RRC 1.544-545, no. 549). Cos. 56. In MRR 2.207, add "cf. CIL 1?.2.760-ILLRP 390." (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore 66 Mediterranean (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Pompey's Legates in the war with the pirates (see 67, Legates) probably remained in their positions. L. Octavius may have substituted for the deceased L. Cornelius Sisenna. (Broughton MRR II)
    • That these Legates continued in command for at least three years, and probably more, is indicated by the term of command of Gellius over his fleet (Cic. P. Red. ad Quir. 17, referring almost certainly to 63). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore 65 Mediterranean (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Other Legates appointed under the Gabinian and Manilian laws probably continued to serve under Pompey (see 67, and 66, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 60 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • See 59, Promagistrates; cf. App. Syr. 51. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 754, footnote 444 (Brennan 2000)
  • Epulo? 60 to 57 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Proconsul 59 Syria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Governor, probably Proconsul, of Syria (App. Syr. 51; cf. Cic. QF 1.2.7). (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his coinage, see Crawford, RRC 1.356-357, no. 345, who dates it to 88 and attributes it, not to the consul of 56 as in MRR 2.437, but to Lentulus Clodianus (216), Cos. 72 (see above). See also Wiseman, NC 1964, 156. He attributes the coins inscribed Lent(ulus) Cur(ator) Den(ariorum) Fl(andorum) Q. to the future consul of 56 (RRC 1.407, no. 393, 76- 75 B.C.; see MRR 2.103), when he was quaestor, perhaps in Spain. Tr. pl. 68, and Leg., lieut. 67. Syme (JRS 53, 1963, 56-60-RP 2.559-563) and Sumner (Orators 125-126, 133-134) identify the Cn. Cornelius (24), Tr. pl. 68 (see MRR 2.138; ILLRP 465a), with the future consul of 56, and with the Cn. Lentulus (Cic. Leg. Man. 58) who was a legatus the year after his tribunate, as Marcellinus was in fact legatus pro praetore with Pompey in 67 (MRR 2.148). See also Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 122-123. In the war against the pirates he had charge of the coast of Cyrene. For inscriptions attesting his authority there and his services to the cities of Cyrene, see J. M. Reynolds, JRS 52, 1962, 97-103. Identification of the tr. pl. of 68 with the cos. of 56 demands that the latter should be considered a plebeian. The adoption of Dolabella by a Lentulus in order to make him eligible for the tribunate of 47 shows that there were plebeian Lentuli (Shackleton Bailey, Studies 29-32). His election as VIIvir Epulo (Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 56 B.C.; MRR 2.214) may also imply that he was plebeian (Willems, Senat 1.444; Mommsen, RF 1.90-91; but cf. Shackleton Bailey, AJPh 96, 1975, 333). Procos. in Syria, 59. See MRR 2.190. Crawford attributes to him a gold stater, minted at Antioch and inscribed Cn. Lentul (RRC 1.544-545, no. 549). Cos. 56. In MRR 2.207, add "cf. CIL 1?.2.760-ILLRP 390." (Broughton MRR III)
  • Moneyer 59 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 549 (RRC)
  • Proconsul 58 Syria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • No title preserved. Governor of Syria for two years (App. Syr. 51; cf. Cic. QF 1.2.7; see 59, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his coinage, see Crawford, RRC 1.356-357, no. 345, who dates it to 88 and attributes it, not to the consul of 56 as in MRR 2.437, but to Lentulus Clodianus (216), Cos. 72 (see above). See also Wiseman, NC 1964, 156. He attributes the coins inscribed Lent(ulus) Cur(ator) Den(ariorum) Fl(andorum) Q. to the future consul of 56 (RRC 1.407, no. 393, 76- 75 B.C.; see MRR 2.103), when he was quaestor, perhaps in Spain. Tr. pl. 68, and Leg., lieut. 67. Syme (JRS 53, 1963, 56-60-RP 2.559-563) and Sumner (Orators 125-126, 133-134) identify the Cn. Cornelius (24), Tr. pl. 68 (see MRR 2.138; ILLRP 465a), with the future consul of 56, and with the Cn. Lentulus (Cic. Leg. Man. 58) who was a legatus the year after his tribunate, as Marcellinus was in fact legatus pro praetore with Pompey in 67 (MRR 2.148). See also Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 122-123. In the war against the pirates he had charge of the coast of Cyrene. For inscriptions attesting his authority there and his services to the cities of Cyrene, see J. M. Reynolds, JRS 52, 1962, 97-103. Identification of the tr. pl. of 68 with the cos. of 56 demands that the latter should be considered a plebeian. The adoption of Dolabella by a Lentulus in order to make him eligible for the tribunate of 47 shows that there were plebeian Lentuli (Shackleton Bailey, Studies 29-32). His election as VIIvir Epulo (Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 56 B.C.; MRR 2.214) may also imply that he was plebeian (Willems, Senat 1.444; Mommsen, RF 1.90-91; but cf. Shackleton Bailey, AJPh 96, 1975, 333). Procos. in Syria, 59. See MRR 2.190. Crawford attributes to him a gold stater, minted at Antioch and inscribed Cn. Lentul (RRC 1.544-545, no. 549). Cos. 56. In MRR 2.207, add "cf. CIL 1?.2.760-ILLRP 390." (Broughton MRR III)
  • Epulo after 57 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • CIL 12.2.923-926, 964; Bull. Archeol. Dalmate 47-48 (1924-25) 4, cited by Degrassi; cf. IGRP 1.1394; Cic. Att. 5.21.11; Fam. 1.9.8; Ascon. 2 C; Dio 39, Index, 16.3, 18. 1, and 40. 1 ; Schol. Bob. 135 Stangl; Chr. 354 (Marcellino et Philippo); Fast. Hyd. (Marcellino et Philippo); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; on Marcellinus, Cic. Att. 9.9.4; QF 2.1.1; Brut. 247; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f.; and on Philippus, Cic. QF 2.1.2; Har. Resp. 11; Sest. 110; Prov. Cons. 21, cf. 39; Plut. Cat. Min. 39. See Degrassi 56f., 132, 492f. Lentulus as Consul-elect and Consul gave general support to the optimate position against Clodius and the so- called First Triumvirate (Cic. A tt. 4.2.4, and 3.3; QF 2.1.1-2, and 4.4; Fam. 1. 2. 1; Har. Resp. 11, 13, 22; Prov. Cons. 39), and opposed the use of an army to restore the king of Egypt to his throne (Cic. Fam. 1.1.2, and 2.1; QF 2.4.5; cf. Fenestella fr. 21 Peter). He opposed the candidacy of Pompey and Crassus for the consulships of 55 (Plut. Pomp. 51; Crass. 15; Apophth. Pomp. 12; Dio 39.28-30; cf. Val. Max. 6.2.6). (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his coinage, see Crawford, RRC 1.356-357, no. 345, who dates it to 88 and attributes it, not to the consul of 56 as in MRR 2.437, but to Lentulus Clodianus (216), Cos. 72 (see above). See also Wiseman, NC 1964, 156. He attributes the coins inscribed Lent(ulus) Cur(ator) Den(ariorum) Fl(andorum) Q. to the future consul of 56 (RRC 1.407, no. 393, 76- 75 B.C.; see MRR 2.103), when he was quaestor, perhaps in Spain. Tr. pl. 68, and Leg., lieut. 67. Syme (JRS 53, 1963, 56-60-RP 2.559-563) and Sumner (Orators 125-126, 133-134) identify the Cn. Cornelius (24), Tr. pl. 68 (see MRR 2.138; ILLRP 465a), with the future consul of 56, and with the Cn. Lentulus (Cic. Leg. Man. 58) who was a legatus the year after his tribunate, as Marcellinus was in fact legatus pro praetore with Pompey in 67 (MRR 2.148). See also Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 122-123. In the war against the pirates he had charge of the coast of Cyrene. For inscriptions attesting his authority there and his services to the cities of Cyrene, see J. M. Reynolds, JRS 52, 1962, 97-103. Identification of the tr. pl. of 68 with the cos. of 56 demands that the latter should be considered a plebeian. The adoption of Dolabella by a Lentulus in order to make him eligible for the tribunate of 47 shows that there were plebeian Lentuli (Shackleton Bailey, Studies 29-32). His election as VIIvir Epulo (Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 56 B.C.; MRR 2.214) may also imply that he was plebeian (Willems, Senat 1.444; Mommsen, RF 1.90-91; but cf. Shackleton Bailey, AJPh 96, 1975, 333). Procos. in Syria, 59. See MRR 2.190. Crawford attributes to him a gold stater, minted at Antioch and inscribed Cn. Lentul (RRC 1.544-545, no. 549). Cos. 56. In MRR 2.207, add "cf. CIL 1?.2.760-ILLRP 390." (Broughton MRR III)
  • Consul 56 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Mentioned in 56 (Cic. Har. Resp. 21). (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his coinage, see Crawford, RRC 1.356-357, no. 345, who dates it to 88 and attributes it, not to the consul of 56 as in MRR 2.437, but to Lentulus Clodianus (216), Cos. 72 (see above). See also Wiseman, NC 1964, 156. He attributes the coins inscribed Lent(ulus) Cur(ator) Den(ariorum) Fl(andorum) Q. to the future consul of 56 (RRC 1.407, no. 393, 76- 75 B.C.; see MRR 2.103), when he was quaestor, perhaps in Spain. Tr. pl. 68, and Leg., lieut. 67. Syme (JRS 53, 1963, 56-60-RP 2.559-563) and Sumner (Orators 125-126, 133-134) identify the Cn. Cornelius (24), Tr. pl. 68 (see MRR 2.138; ILLRP 465a), with the future consul of 56, and with the Cn. Lentulus (Cic. Leg. Man. 58) who was a legatus the year after his tribunate, as Marcellinus was in fact legatus pro praetore with Pompey in 67 (MRR 2.148). See also Wiseman, CQ 14, 1964, 122-123. In the war against the pirates he had charge of the coast of Cyrene. For inscriptions attesting his authority there and his services to the cities of Cyrene, see J. M. Reynolds, JRS 52, 1962, 97-103. Identification of the tr. pl. of 68 with the cos. of 56 demands that the latter should be considered a plebeian. The adoption of Dolabella by a Lentulus in order to make him eligible for the tribunate of 47 shows that there were plebeian Lentuli (Shackleton Bailey, Studies 29-32). His election as VIIvir Epulo (Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 56 B.C.; MRR 2.214) may also imply that he was plebeian (Willems, Senat 1.444; Mommsen, RF 1.90-91; but cf. Shackleton Bailey, AJPh 96, 1975, 333). Procos. in Syria, 59. See MRR 2.190. Crawford attributes to him a gold stater, minted at Antioch and inscribed Cn. Lentul (RRC 1.544-545, no. 549). Cos. 56. In MRR 2.207, add "cf. CIL 1?.2.760-ILLRP 390." (Broughton MRR III)

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