Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CORN2290 P. Cornelius (238) P. f. L. n. Lentulus Spinther

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Fam. 1.7.8, Juv. Sat. 7.9ff

Life Dates

  • 100?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 47, death - violent (Broughton MRR II) Expand

    KIA.

Relationships

grandson of
L. Cornelius (192) P. f. L. n. Lentulus (pr. 140, cos. 130?) (Badian 1990)
son of
? P. Cornelius (cf. 238) Lentulus (father of? P. Cornelius (238) P. f. L. n. Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57)) (RE)
brother of
? L. Cornelius (218) P. f. L. n. Pal.? Lentulus Crus (cos. 49) (DPRR Team)
father of
P. Cornelius (239) P. f. Lentulus Spinther (q. 44) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. ad Q. fr. II 3.1, Cic. Sest. 144, Cic. Vatin. 25

Career

  • Quaestor 74 urbanus, Rome (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • (Grueber, CRRBM 1.406; ca. 72, Sydenham, lxiii). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 57. In his filiation in Fast. Cap. (Degrassi, Inscr. Ital. 13.1.131, and plate 37, fragment 39) P. f. is clear but at the break in the stone a small part of a letter is visible which Degrassi read as C. n., thus securing P. f. C. n. Wiseman and Crawford, after renewed inspection of the stone, reject the C and read L, with the resulting filiation P. f: L. n. (Crawford, RRC 1.409, no. 397, 74 B.C.; Wiseman, rev. of Sumner, Orators, JRS 65, 1975, 198). Sumner noted on the basis of the coinage the possibility of identification with P. Lentulus P. f. L. n. (204), quaestor urbanus in 74, but kept Degrassi's construction in the stemma (Orators 142-143). The new filiation makes it possible to identify the quaestor of 74 (204) with the consul of 57 and to recognize him as a brother of Lentulus Crus (218). Cos. 49. See Crawford, loc. cit., on the coinage as quaestor, which Mattingly (NC 16, 1956, 199-200) would date to 70. Procos. in Cilicia, 56-53. See MRR 2.210. On his arrangements in Cyprus, there is mention of a Lex Cornelia (Cic. Fam. 13.48; cf. Att. 5.21.6; Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 113, and note 26; A. J. Marshall, Cicero's Letter to Cyprus, Phoenix 18, 1964, 206-215). (Broughton MRR III)
    • Quaestor urbanus 74. See below, on P. Cornelius P. f. L. n. Lentulus Spinther (238). Cos. 57. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Moneyer 74 (RRC) Expand
    • Cos. 57. In his filiation in Fast. Cap. (Degrassi, Inscr. Ital. 13.1.131, and plate 37, fragment 39) P. f. is clear but at the break in the stone a small part of a letter is visible which Degrassi read as C. n., thus securing P. f. C. n. Wiseman and Crawford, after renewed inspection of the stone, reject the C and read L, with the resulting filiation P. f: L. n. (Crawford, RRC 1.409, no. 397, 74 B.C.; Wiseman, rev. of Sumner, Orators, JRS 65, 1975, 198). Sumner noted on the basis of the coinage the possibility of identification with P. Lentulus P. f. L. n. (204), quaestor urbanus in 74, but kept Degrassi's construction in the stemma (Orators 142-143). The new filiation makes it possible to identify the quaestor of 74 (204) with the consul of 57 and to recognize him as a brother of Lentulus Crus (218). Cos. 49. See Crawford, loc. cit., on the coinage as quaestor, which Mattingly (NC 16, 1956, 199-200) would date to 70. Procos. in Cilicia, 56-53. See MRR 2.210. On his arrangements in Cyprus, there is mention of a Lex Cornelia (Cic. Fam. 13.48; cf. Att. 5.21.6; Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 113, and note 26; A. J. Marshall, Cicero's Letter to Cyprus, Phoenix 18, 1964, 206-215). (Broughton MRR III)
    • ref. 397 (RRC)
  • Aedilis Curulis 63 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Cic. P. Red. ad Quir. 15; Off. 2.57; Sall. Cat. 47.5; Nepos, fr. 18, and 25 Peter. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 60 urbanus, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Plin. NH 19.23; cf. Val. Max. 2.4.6. See 59, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 754, footnote 442 (Brennan 2000)
  • Pontifex? 60 to 58 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • The successors to P. Mucius Scaevola, Sex. Quinctilius Varus, Mam. Aemilius Lepidus, D. Iunius Silanus and Q. Latatius Catulus were C. Fannius, M. Aemilius Lepidus, P. Cornelius Lentulus SPinther, M. Aemilius Scaurus, M. Licinius Crassus Dives, M. Licinius Crassus and C. Scribonius Curio. These lists of the Pontifices who died between the death of Metellus Pius in 64 or 63 (see 63, Pontifices) and that of Catulus (before May, 60, Cic. Att. 1.20.3; Dio 37.46.3-4), and of their successors, are based on the order of the lists of priests in Macrob. Sat. 3.13.11 (before 6913.C.) and in Cicero (Har. Resp. 12; Dom. 118; in 57 B.C.), and assume that in both cases they are named in the order of their inauguration into the college. The lower limit is drawn on the assumption that the two plebeians, Crassus, whether he be the Consul of 70 or his son, and Curio, are probably the successors of the two plebeians Silanus and Catulus. As the earlier list is not complete there is room for an additional name in the list of successors. On the whole question, see L. R. Taylor, AJPh 63 (1942) 384-412, esp. 388ff., and 411f. (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)
    • Cic. Dom. 123 and 132. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Though the Auct. Vir. Ill. 78.9 implies that Lentulus Spinther was killed in Africa, the dramatic date of Cicero's Brutus (late in 47) places his death before 46 (Brut. 268; cf. Fam. 9.18.2; Phil. 13.29). He was still alive early in 47 (Cic. Att. 11.13.1). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Promagistrate 59 Hispania Citerior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Governor, probably Proconsul, of Nearer Spain (Cic. Fam. 1.9.13; Caes. BC 1.22.4). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Consul 57 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 12.2.757, 758, 921, 922; Val. Max. 9.14.4; Ascon. 48 C; Plin. NH 7.54; Dio 39, Index, and 1.1; Schol. Bob. 125 Stangl; Chr. 354 (Lentulo et Nepotae); Fast. Hyd. (Lentulo et Marcello Nepote); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; and on Lentulus, Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f.; Plut. Cic. 33.2. See Degrassi 56f., 131f., 492f. Lentulus, with the eventual support of his colleague, who had been an enemy of Cicero, worked loyally for Cicero's recall from exile (on Nepos: Cic. A it. 3.12.1; Fam. 5.4; P. Red. in Sen. 5, 9-10, 25; P. Red. ad Quir. 10 and 15; Dom. 7, 13, and 70; Sest. 72, 87, and 130; Prov. Cons. 22; Pis. 35; Dio 39.6-8; Schol. Bob. 139 Stangl; on Lentulus: Cic. Ait. 3.22.2; QF 1.4.5; Fam. 1.1.1; 1.9; 16-17; 3.7.5; P. Red. in Sen. 5, 8-9, 26-27; P. Red. ad Quir. 11, 15, 17f.; Dom. 7, 30, 70-71, and 75; Har. Resp. 12; Sest. 70, 72, 107, 117, 144, 147; Pis. 34, and 80; Mil. 39; Dio 39.6-8; Schol. Bob. 122 Stangl), and carried a bill for his restoration through the centuriate assembly (P. Red. in Sen. 27; P. Red. ad Quir. 17; Dom. 75 and 87 and 90; Sest. 109, 128; Pis. 35-36; Dio 39.8.2; Cassiod.). Lentulus also aided Cicero to recover his house (Cic. Har. Resp. 13). The Consuls drew up a bill to place Pompey in charge of the grain supply (Cic. Att. 4.1.7; QF 2.5; Dom. 11; Liv. Per. 104; Plut. Pomp. 49.5; Dio 39.9). Metellus impeded Milo's attempt to prosecute Clodius and aided the latter's candidacy for the aedileship (Cic. Att. 4.3.3-4; Dom. 13; Sest. 89; Dio 39.7.4). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Pontifex 57 to 47 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Promagistrate 56 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Cilicia (Cic. Fam. 1. 1-7; Fenestella fr. 21 Peter; coins, Head, HN² 666, 678; B. M. Catalogue, Phrygia xxxiii and 72f., lxxv and 281f.). Though commissioned late in 57 to restore the Egyptian King to his throne, he was prevented by a Sibylline oracle, which prohibited the use of an army, and by the political manoeuvres of the partisans and opponents of Pompey and of Crassus (Cic. Fam. 1. 1-7; QF 2.2.3, and 3.2; Pis. 50; Rab. Post. 2 1; Plut. Pomp. 49; Dio 39.1216; cf. Cic. Cael. 23-26; Strabo 17.1.11; see 55, Promagistrates, on Gabinius). On his administrative arrangements in Cyprus, see Cic. Fam. 13.48; cf. Att. 5.21.6. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 57. In his filiation in Fast. Cap. (Degrassi, Inscr. Ital. 13.1.131, and plate 37, fragment 39) P. f. is clear but at the break in the stone a small part of a letter is visible which Degrassi read as C. n., thus securing P. f. C. n. Wiseman and Crawford, after renewed inspection of the stone, reject the C and read L, with the resulting filiation P. f: L. n. (Crawford, RRC 1.409, no. 397, 74 B.C.; Wiseman, rev. of Sumner, Orators, JRS 65, 1975, 198). Sumner noted on the basis of the coinage the possibility of identification with P. Lentulus P. f. L. n. (204), quaestor urbanus in 74, but kept Degrassi's construction in the stemma (Orators 142-143). The new filiation makes it possible to identify the quaestor of 74 (204) with the consul of 57 and to recognize him as a brother of Lentulus Crus (218). Cos. 49. See Crawford, loc. cit., on the coinage as quaestor, which Mattingly (NC 16, 1956, 199-200) would date to 70. Procos. in Cilicia, 56-53. See MRR 2.210. On his arrangements in Cyprus, there is mention of a Lex Cornelia (Cic. Fam. 13.48; cf. Att. 5.21.6; Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 113, and note 26; A. J. Marshall, Cicero's Letter to Cyprus, Phoenix 18, 1964, 206-215). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Promagistrate 55 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Cilicia (see 56, Promagistrates), where he continued until the arrival of his successor in 53, and was acclaimed Imperator (Cic. Fam. 1.8.7, and 1.9.2, and prescript). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 57. In his filiation in Fast. Cap. (Degrassi, Inscr. Ital. 13.1.131, and plate 37, fragment 39) P. f. is clear but at the break in the stone a small part of a letter is visible which Degrassi read as C. n., thus securing P. f. C. n. Wiseman and Crawford, after renewed inspection of the stone, reject the C and read L, with the resulting filiation P. f: L. n. (Crawford, RRC 1.409, no. 397, 74 B.C.; Wiseman, rev. of Sumner, Orators, JRS 65, 1975, 198). Sumner noted on the basis of the coinage the possibility of identification with P. Lentulus P. f. L. n. (204), quaestor urbanus in 74, but kept Degrassi's construction in the stemma (Orators 142-143). The new filiation makes it possible to identify the quaestor of 74 (204) with the consul of 57 and to recognize him as a brother of Lentulus Crus (218). Cos. 49. See Crawford, loc. cit., on the coinage as quaestor, which Mattingly (NC 16, 1956, 199-200) would date to 70. Procos. in Cilicia, 56-53. See MRR 2.210. On his arrangements in Cyprus, there is mention of a Lex Cornelia (Cic. Fam. 13.48; cf. Att. 5.21.6; Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 113, and note 26; A. J. Marshall, Cicero's Letter to Cyprus, Phoenix 18, 1964, 206-215). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Promagistrate 54 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Cilicia, and Imperator (Cic. Fam. 1.9, prescript). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 57. In his filiation in Fast. Cap. (Degrassi, Inscr. Ital. 13.1.131, and plate 37, fragment 39) P. f. is clear but at the break in the stone a small part of a letter is visible which Degrassi read as C. n., thus securing P. f. C. n. Wiseman and Crawford, after renewed inspection of the stone, reject the C and read L, with the resulting filiation P. f: L. n. (Crawford, RRC 1.409, no. 397, 74 B.C.; Wiseman, rev. of Sumner, Orators, JRS 65, 1975, 198). Sumner noted on the basis of the coinage the possibility of identification with P. Lentulus P. f. L. n. (204), quaestor urbanus in 74, but kept Degrassi's construction in the stemma (Orators 142-143). The new filiation makes it possible to identify the quaestor of 74 (204) with the consul of 57 and to recognize him as a brother of Lentulus Crus (218). Cos. 49. See Crawford, loc. cit., on the coinage as quaestor, which Mattingly (NC 16, 1956, 199-200) would date to 70. Procos. in Cilicia, 56-53. See MRR 2.210. On his arrangements in Cyprus, there is mention of a Lex Cornelia (Cic. Fam. 13.48; cf. Att. 5.21.6; Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 113, and note 26; A. J. Marshall, Cicero's Letter to Cyprus, Phoenix 18, 1964, 206-215). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Promagistrate 53 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul and Imperator (see 54, Promagistrates), he returned to Rome, and remained cum imperio while waiting to celebrate his triumph (see 51, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 57. In his filiation in Fast. Cap. (Degrassi, Inscr. Ital. 13.1.131, and plate 37, fragment 39) P. f. is clear but at the break in the stone a small part of a letter is visible which Degrassi read as C. n., thus securing P. f. C. n. Wiseman and Crawford, after renewed inspection of the stone, reject the C and read L, with the resulting filiation P. f: L. n. (Crawford, RRC 1.409, no. 397, 74 B.C.; Wiseman, rev. of Sumner, Orators, JRS 65, 1975, 198). Sumner noted on the basis of the coinage the possibility of identification with P. Lentulus P. f. L. n. (204), quaestor urbanus in 74, but kept Degrassi's construction in the stemma (Orators 142-143). The new filiation makes it possible to identify the quaestor of 74 (204) with the consul of 57 and to recognize him as a brother of Lentulus Crus (218). Cos. 49. See Crawford, loc. cit., on the coinage as quaestor, which Mattingly (NC 16, 1956, 199-200) would date to 70. Procos. in Cilicia, 56-53. See MRR 2.210. On his arrangements in Cyprus, there is mention of a Lex Cornelia (Cic. Fam. 13.48; cf. Att. 5.21.6; Badian, JRS 55, 1965, 113, and note 26; A. J. Marshall, Cicero's Letter to Cyprus, Phoenix 18, 1964, 206-215). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Promagistrate 52 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul and Imperator (see 56-53, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Triumphator 51 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph ex Cilicia. MRR II.242, Itgenshorst no. 260, Rich no. 261. (Rich 2014)
  • Promagistrate 51 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul and Imperator; celebrated his triumph from Cilicia in the latter part of 51 (Cic. Att. 5.21.4). See Degrassi 566. (Broughton MRR II)

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