Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (consul 3 BC)
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (c. 42 BC – c. AD 4) was a Roman politician and military officer who served as consul in 3 BC.
Biography [edit]
A member of the Patrician gens Cornelia, Lentulus was probably the son of Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Cruscellio and Sulpicia. An adherent of Tiberius, Lentulus was elected consul alongside Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus in 3 BC. In around AD 4, he was appointed the Proconsular governor of Africa Proconsularis.[1] During his time as governor, he was confronted by uprisings of the native tribes in the south of the province and beyond the borders. During an expedition into the Libyan Desert against one of the tribes, the Nasamones, he was killed.[2]
At some point, Lentulus may have offered his daughter Cornelia Lentula in marriage to Lucius Volusius Saturninus, the suffect consul of AD 3.[3]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Gaius Calvisius Sabinus and Lucius Passienus Rufus |
Suffect consul of the Roman Empire 3 BC with Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus |
Succeeded by Augustus XIII and Marcus Plautius Silvanus |
Sources [edit]
- Levick, Barbara, Tiberius the Politician (1999)
- Syme, Ronald, The Roman Revolution (1939)
