CORN0565 L. Cornelius (186) Lentulus

Status

  • Patrician

Career

  • Consul 327 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 8.22.8; Diod. 17.110.1, and 112.1; Chr. 354 (Lentulo et Philo II); Fast. Hyd. (Lentulo et Silone); so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Degrassi 108, 412f. Both held command in Campania, Cornelius facing the Samnites while Publilius besieged Palaeopolis (Liv. 8.22.8-23.12; Dion. Hal. 15.5-10). On Publilius, see Lübker no. 2. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 321 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • As senior member of the legates who received the Samnite terms, he argued for acceptance (Liv. 9.4). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Dictator 320 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 9.15.9-10; Fast. Cap. (L. Corn[elius - f. - n. Len]tulus); cf. Claud. Quad., fr. 21, Peter. See above, Consuls. No triumph is reported this year in Act. Tr. See Degrassi 36f., 109, 416f. (Broughton MRR I)