Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CORN2196 L. Cornelius (234) Lentulus Niger

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Vell. 2.59.2 (candidates for pr 61, except C. Octavius, "nobilissimi viri")

Life Dates

  • 100?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 56, death (Broughton MRR II)

Relationships

married to
Publicia (27) (flaminica Martial. after 71) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Macr. sat. III 13.11

father of
L. Cornelius (196) Lentulus (flam. Martial.? 56) (RE)
L. Cornelius (197, cf. 219) Lentulus (cos. suff. 38) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Att. II 24.2, Cic. Att. IV 18.1

P. Cornelius (205) Lentulus (son of L. Cornelius (234) Lentulus Niger (pr. before 60)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Asc. Scaur. 28C

Career

  • Flamen Martialis 70 to 56 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • L. Cornelius Lentulus succeeded L. Valerius Flaccus. Macrob. Sat. 3.13.11, a description of the pontifical dinner at his inauguration; cf. Cic. Har. Resp. 12; Vat. 25; Att. 2.24.2; 12.7.1; QF 3.1.15; Ascon. 28 C. (Broughton MRR II)
    • The full list of the college of Pontifices, including the Flamen Martialis and the Flamen Quirinalis (no Flamen Dialis had been inaugurated since the death of Merula in 87) and the Pontifices Minores, as it was composed on September 29, 57, can be reconstructed from Cic. Har. Resp. 12: (Broughton MRR II)
    • L. Cornelius Lentulus succeeded L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger. Cic. Att. 4.6.1-2; cf. 12.7. 1, late in 46 B. C. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor before 60 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 2 This is the latest date possible under the Cornelian law, since he was a candidate for the consulship of 58 (Cic. Vat. 25). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cic. Vat. 25; cf. Att. 2.24.2. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 749, footnote 329 (Brennan 2000)
  • Repulsa (Cos.) 58 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)

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