Caesar, he gave a sumptuous din-
and meet Caesar: he called Cicero cowardly ; ner (Macrob.
and meet Caesar: he called Cicero cowardly ; ner (Macrob.
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C.
iii.
4).
censorship in B. C. 70, and ejected 64 members When both armies were encamped at Dyrrhachium,
from the senate for infamous life, among whom Balbus again attempted to seduce the consul, boldly
were Lentulus Sura (See No. 18] and C. Antonius, entering Pompey's camp ; but Lentulus asked too
afterwards Cicero's colleague in the consulship. high a price (Vell. Pat. j. 51; comp. Cic. ad Fam.
Yet the majority of those expelled were acquitted x. 32); and probably, like others of his party,
by the courts, and restored (Cic. pro Cluent. 42, in thought Caesar's cause desperate (Caes. B. C. iii
.
Verr. v. 7, pro Flucc. 19; Gell. v. 6; Val. Max. 82). After Pharsalia, he fled with Pompey ; but
v. 9. ( 1. ) They held a lustrum, in which the was refused admittance at Rhodes (Caes. B. C. ii.
number of citizens was returned at 450,000 (Liv. | 102 ; Vell. Pat. ii. 53. ) With some others, he
Epit. 98; Ascon. ad Verr. Act. i. 18; comp. Plut. determined make for Egypt, and arrived there
Pomp. 22. ) The same officers served as Pompey's the day after Pompey's murder. He saw the
legates against the pirates in B. c. 67,66 ; and Len- funeral pyre on Mt. Casius, but landed, was ap-
tulus supported the Manilian law, appointing prehended by young Ptolemy's ministers, and put
Pompey to the command against Mithridates. to death in prison. (Caes. B. C. ii. 104 ; Val.
(Appian, Mithr. 95; Cic. pro Leg. Manil. 23. ) Max. i. 8. $9; Oros. vi. 15; Plut. Pomp. 80. )
As an orator, he concealed his want of talent by Notwithstanding his prodigality and selfishness,
great skill and art, and by a good voice. (Cic. Cicero always regarded him with some favour, in
Brut. 66. )
memory of the part he had taken against Clodius
25. CN. CORNELIUS LENTULUS CLODIANUS, (Brut. 77, de llarusp. Resp. 17).
son of the last. In B. C. 60, he was sent with Me- 27. Serv. CORNELIUS LENTULUS, curule aedile
tellus Creticus and L. Flaccus, to check the appre in B. c. 207 ; military tribune in Spain, two years
hended inroad of the Swiss into the province of after (Liv. xxviii. 10, xxix. 2).
Gaul; but their services were not required. (Cic. 28. SERV. CORNELIUS SERV. F. LENTULUS,
ad Att. i. 19, 20. )
son of the last. In B. c. 171, he went with his
26. L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus. (Cic. ad brother Publius and three others on an embassy to
Fam. viii. 4, init. ) Who he was, and whence he Greece (Liv. xlii. 37, 47, 49, 56). In 169, he
derived his agnomen of Crus, is unknown. was praetor in Sicily (Id. xliii. 15).
In B. c. 61, he appeared as the chief accuser of 29. P. CORNELIUS SERV. F. LENTULUS. (See
P. Clodius, for violating the mysteries of the Bona the last. )
Dea (Argum. ad Cic. in Clod. , de Harusp. Resp. 30. L. CORNELIUS Serv, F. SERV. N. LENTU-
17). In 58 he was praetor, and Cicero calculated Lus, son of No. 28, praetor in B. c. 140 (Fronti:.
on his aid against Clodius (ad Q. Fr. i. 2, fin. ); de Aquaed. 7).
and he did attempt to rouse Pompey to protect the 31. L. LENTULUS, in B. c. 168 was one of three
orator, but in vain (in Pison. 31). He was not who carried home the despatches of the consul
raised to the consular dignity till B. c. 50, when he Aemilius Paullus, after the defeat of Perseus (Liv.
obtained this post, with C. Marcellus M. f. , as being xlv. 1).
a known enemy to Caesar (Caes. B. G. 8, 50); 32. CN. LENTULUS Vatia, mentioned by Cicero,
though in the year before, P. Dolabella had beaten B. c. 56 (ad Q. Fr. ii. 3. $ 5).
him in the contest for a place among the xv. viri 33. L. CORNELIUS LESTULUS Niger, flamen
(Cic. ad Fam. viii. 4). In the year of his consul- of Mars (Cic. ad Att. xii. 7, in Vatin. 10 ; comp.
ship, B. c. 49, the storm burst. Lentulus did all Ascon. ad Cic. Scuur. sub fin. ). At his dedication
he could to excite his wavering party to take arms by the augur L.
Caesar, he gave a sumptuous din-
and meet Caesar: he called Cicero cowardly ; ner (Macrob. Sut. ii. 9). In B. C. 58, he stood fur
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i
the consulship, though Caesar tried to put him I menta triumphalia. (Dion Cass. Iv. 28 ; Vell. Pat.
down by implicating him in an attempt on Pompey's ii. 116; Flor, iv. 12. 40 ; Oros. vi. 21 ; Tac.
life (Cic. in Vulin. 10; comp. ud st. ii. 24). In Ann. iv. 44. ) On the accession of Tiberius in A. D.
57, he was one of the priests to whom was referred 14, he accompanied Drusus, who was sent to quell
the question whether the site of Cicero's house was the mutiny of the legions in Pannonia. The mu-
consecrated ground (De Harusp. Resp. 6, comp. tinecrs were especially incensed against Lentulus,
pro Dom. 49, 52). He is also mentioned as one because they thought that from his age and military
of the judges in the case of P. Sextius, B. C. 56 glory he would judge their offences most severely ;
(in latin. l. c. , ad Q. Fr. ii
. 3, 5). He died in and on one occasion he narrowly escaped death at
the same year, much praised by Cicero (ad All. iv. their hands. Cn. Lentulus is again mentioned in
6).
A. D. 16, in the debate in the senate respecting
34. L. CORNELIUS L. P. LENTULUS, son of the Libo, also in A. D. 22 in the debate respecting
last, and also famen of Mars (ad Att. iv. 16, 9, Silanus, and again in A. D. 24, when he was falscly
xii. 7, ad Q. Fr. iii. 1, 15). He defended M. accused of majestas, but Tiberius would not allow
Scaurus, in B. C. 54, when accused of extortion the charge to be prosecuted. lle died A. D. 25, at a
(Ascon, ad Cic. Scuur. c. 1): he accused Gabinius very great age, leaving behind him an honourable
jf high treason, about the same tinc, but was sus reputation. He had endured poverty, says 'Tacitus,
pected of collusion (ad Q. Fr. l. C. , ad Att. iv. 16, with patience, acquired a great fortune hy honest
9). In the Philippics he is mentioned as a friend means, and enjoyed it with moderation. (Tac. Ann.
of Antony's ; and he was appointed by the latter i. 27, ii. 32, iii. 68, iv. 29, 44 ; Dion Cass. lvij. 24. )
to a province, but made no use of the appointment, 40. Cossus CORNELIUS Cossi F. Cx, N. LENTU-
in B. C. 44 (Philipp. iii. 10). He struck coins as LUS, was consul A. D. 25, with M. Asinius Agrippa.
priest of Mars (Ultor), B. c. 20, to commemorate According to the Fasti, he would appear to be a
the recovery of the standards from the Parthians, by son of the preceding. (Tac. Ann. iv. 34; Fasti
Augustus (Dion Cass. liv. 8; Vaill. Cornel. No. 38). Cons. )
35. LENTULUS CRUSCELLIO, of unknown origin, 41. CN. CORNELIUS Cossi F. Cx. N. LENTULUS
was proscribed by the triumvirs in B. C. 43 ; he GAET ULICUS, a son of No. 39, was consul a. D. 26,
escaped, and joined Sext. Pompeius in Sicily, where with C. Calvisius Sabinus. He afterwards had the
his wife Sulpicia joined him, against the will of her command of the legions of Upper Germany for ten
mother Julia. (Val. Max. vi. 7. § 3 ; Appian, years, and was very popular among the troops, by
B. C. iv. 39. )
(H. G. L. ] the mildness of his punishments and his merciful
36. CN. Cornelius L. F. LENTULUS, consul rule. He was also a favourite with the army in
B. c. 18, with P. Lentulus Marcellinus. (Dion Lower Germany, which was commanded by L.
Cass. liv. 12. )
Apronius, his father-in-law. His influence with
37. Cx. CORNELIUS CN. F. LENTULUS AUGUR, the soldiers is said to have saved him on the fall of
consul B. c. 14, with M. Licinius Crassus. He Sejanus, to whose son he had promised his daughter,
was a man of immense weath, but of a mean and He was the only one of the relations and con-
pusillaninous spirit. His wealth excited the avarice nections of Sejanus whom Tiberius did not put to
of Tiberius, who caused him so much fear that at death ; and Tacitus is disposed to believe the re-
length he put an end to his lifc, leaving his fortune port, that Lentulus sent to the emperor to assure
to the emperor (Dion Cass. liv. 12 ; Senec. de him of his allegiance, as long as he was allowed to
Benef. ii. 27 ; Suet. Tib. 49). This Cn. Lentulus, retain the command of the army, but intimating
who is always spoken of as Augur, must not be that he would raise the standard of revolt, if he
confounded with Cn. Lentulus Gaetulicus (No. were deprived of his province. Tiberius thought it
39). (See Lipsius, ad Tuc. Ann. iv. 44. ) The more prudent to leave him alone ; but Caligula,
Augur Lentulus spoken of by Tacitus (Ann. iii. thinking his influence with the soldiers too dan-
59) in A. D. 22, must, therefore, be the same as the gerous, put him to death in A. D. 39, apparently
preceding.
without exciting any commotion. Lentulus was
39. L. CORNELIUS L. F. LEYTULUS, consul succeeded in the command of the army in Upper
B. C.
censorship in B. C. 70, and ejected 64 members When both armies were encamped at Dyrrhachium,
from the senate for infamous life, among whom Balbus again attempted to seduce the consul, boldly
were Lentulus Sura (See No. 18] and C. Antonius, entering Pompey's camp ; but Lentulus asked too
afterwards Cicero's colleague in the consulship. high a price (Vell. Pat. j. 51; comp. Cic. ad Fam.
Yet the majority of those expelled were acquitted x. 32); and probably, like others of his party,
by the courts, and restored (Cic. pro Cluent. 42, in thought Caesar's cause desperate (Caes. B. C. iii
.
Verr. v. 7, pro Flucc. 19; Gell. v. 6; Val. Max. 82). After Pharsalia, he fled with Pompey ; but
v. 9. ( 1. ) They held a lustrum, in which the was refused admittance at Rhodes (Caes. B. C. ii.
number of citizens was returned at 450,000 (Liv. | 102 ; Vell. Pat. ii. 53. ) With some others, he
Epit. 98; Ascon. ad Verr. Act. i. 18; comp. Plut. determined make for Egypt, and arrived there
Pomp. 22. ) The same officers served as Pompey's the day after Pompey's murder. He saw the
legates against the pirates in B. c. 67,66 ; and Len- funeral pyre on Mt. Casius, but landed, was ap-
tulus supported the Manilian law, appointing prehended by young Ptolemy's ministers, and put
Pompey to the command against Mithridates. to death in prison. (Caes. B. C. ii. 104 ; Val.
(Appian, Mithr. 95; Cic. pro Leg. Manil. 23. ) Max. i. 8. $9; Oros. vi. 15; Plut. Pomp. 80. )
As an orator, he concealed his want of talent by Notwithstanding his prodigality and selfishness,
great skill and art, and by a good voice. (Cic. Cicero always regarded him with some favour, in
Brut. 66. )
memory of the part he had taken against Clodius
25. CN. CORNELIUS LENTULUS CLODIANUS, (Brut. 77, de llarusp. Resp. 17).
son of the last. In B. C. 60, he was sent with Me- 27. Serv. CORNELIUS LENTULUS, curule aedile
tellus Creticus and L. Flaccus, to check the appre in B. c. 207 ; military tribune in Spain, two years
hended inroad of the Swiss into the province of after (Liv. xxviii. 10, xxix. 2).
Gaul; but their services were not required. (Cic. 28. SERV. CORNELIUS SERV. F. LENTULUS,
ad Att. i. 19, 20. )
son of the last. In B. c. 171, he went with his
26. L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus. (Cic. ad brother Publius and three others on an embassy to
Fam. viii. 4, init. ) Who he was, and whence he Greece (Liv. xlii. 37, 47, 49, 56). In 169, he
derived his agnomen of Crus, is unknown. was praetor in Sicily (Id. xliii. 15).
In B. c. 61, he appeared as the chief accuser of 29. P. CORNELIUS SERV. F. LENTULUS. (See
P. Clodius, for violating the mysteries of the Bona the last. )
Dea (Argum. ad Cic. in Clod. , de Harusp. Resp. 30. L. CORNELIUS Serv, F. SERV. N. LENTU-
17). In 58 he was praetor, and Cicero calculated Lus, son of No. 28, praetor in B. c. 140 (Fronti:.
on his aid against Clodius (ad Q. Fr. i. 2, fin. ); de Aquaed. 7).
and he did attempt to rouse Pompey to protect the 31. L. LENTULUS, in B. c. 168 was one of three
orator, but in vain (in Pison. 31). He was not who carried home the despatches of the consul
raised to the consular dignity till B. c. 50, when he Aemilius Paullus, after the defeat of Perseus (Liv.
obtained this post, with C. Marcellus M. f. , as being xlv. 1).
a known enemy to Caesar (Caes. B. G. 8, 50); 32. CN. LENTULUS Vatia, mentioned by Cicero,
though in the year before, P. Dolabella had beaten B. c. 56 (ad Q. Fr. ii. 3. $ 5).
him in the contest for a place among the xv. viri 33. L. CORNELIUS LESTULUS Niger, flamen
(Cic. ad Fam. viii. 4). In the year of his consul- of Mars (Cic. ad Att. xii. 7, in Vatin. 10 ; comp.
ship, B. c. 49, the storm burst. Lentulus did all Ascon. ad Cic. Scuur. sub fin. ). At his dedication
he could to excite his wavering party to take arms by the augur L.
Caesar, he gave a sumptuous din-
and meet Caesar: he called Cicero cowardly ; ner (Macrob. Sut. ii. 9). In B. C. 58, he stood fur
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733
LENTULUS.
i
the consulship, though Caesar tried to put him I menta triumphalia. (Dion Cass. Iv. 28 ; Vell. Pat.
down by implicating him in an attempt on Pompey's ii. 116; Flor, iv. 12. 40 ; Oros. vi. 21 ; Tac.
life (Cic. in Vulin. 10; comp. ud st. ii. 24). In Ann. iv. 44. ) On the accession of Tiberius in A. D.
57, he was one of the priests to whom was referred 14, he accompanied Drusus, who was sent to quell
the question whether the site of Cicero's house was the mutiny of the legions in Pannonia. The mu-
consecrated ground (De Harusp. Resp. 6, comp. tinecrs were especially incensed against Lentulus,
pro Dom. 49, 52). He is also mentioned as one because they thought that from his age and military
of the judges in the case of P. Sextius, B. C. 56 glory he would judge their offences most severely ;
(in latin. l. c. , ad Q. Fr. ii
. 3, 5). He died in and on one occasion he narrowly escaped death at
the same year, much praised by Cicero (ad All. iv. their hands. Cn. Lentulus is again mentioned in
6).
A. D. 16, in the debate in the senate respecting
34. L. CORNELIUS L. P. LENTULUS, son of the Libo, also in A. D. 22 in the debate respecting
last, and also famen of Mars (ad Att. iv. 16, 9, Silanus, and again in A. D. 24, when he was falscly
xii. 7, ad Q. Fr. iii. 1, 15). He defended M. accused of majestas, but Tiberius would not allow
Scaurus, in B. C. 54, when accused of extortion the charge to be prosecuted. lle died A. D. 25, at a
(Ascon, ad Cic. Scuur. c. 1): he accused Gabinius very great age, leaving behind him an honourable
jf high treason, about the same tinc, but was sus reputation. He had endured poverty, says 'Tacitus,
pected of collusion (ad Q. Fr. l. C. , ad Att. iv. 16, with patience, acquired a great fortune hy honest
9). In the Philippics he is mentioned as a friend means, and enjoyed it with moderation. (Tac. Ann.
of Antony's ; and he was appointed by the latter i. 27, ii. 32, iii. 68, iv. 29, 44 ; Dion Cass. lvij. 24. )
to a province, but made no use of the appointment, 40. Cossus CORNELIUS Cossi F. Cx, N. LENTU-
in B. C. 44 (Philipp. iii. 10). He struck coins as LUS, was consul A. D. 25, with M. Asinius Agrippa.
priest of Mars (Ultor), B. c. 20, to commemorate According to the Fasti, he would appear to be a
the recovery of the standards from the Parthians, by son of the preceding. (Tac. Ann. iv. 34; Fasti
Augustus (Dion Cass. liv. 8; Vaill. Cornel. No. 38). Cons. )
35. LENTULUS CRUSCELLIO, of unknown origin, 41. CN. CORNELIUS Cossi F. Cx. N. LENTULUS
was proscribed by the triumvirs in B. C. 43 ; he GAET ULICUS, a son of No. 39, was consul a. D. 26,
escaped, and joined Sext. Pompeius in Sicily, where with C. Calvisius Sabinus. He afterwards had the
his wife Sulpicia joined him, against the will of her command of the legions of Upper Germany for ten
mother Julia. (Val. Max. vi. 7. § 3 ; Appian, years, and was very popular among the troops, by
B. C. iv. 39. )
(H. G. L. ] the mildness of his punishments and his merciful
36. CN. Cornelius L. F. LENTULUS, consul rule. He was also a favourite with the army in
B. c. 18, with P. Lentulus Marcellinus. (Dion Lower Germany, which was commanded by L.
Cass. liv. 12. )
Apronius, his father-in-law. His influence with
37. Cx. CORNELIUS CN. F. LENTULUS AUGUR, the soldiers is said to have saved him on the fall of
consul B. c. 14, with M. Licinius Crassus. He Sejanus, to whose son he had promised his daughter,
was a man of immense weath, but of a mean and He was the only one of the relations and con-
pusillaninous spirit. His wealth excited the avarice nections of Sejanus whom Tiberius did not put to
of Tiberius, who caused him so much fear that at death ; and Tacitus is disposed to believe the re-
length he put an end to his lifc, leaving his fortune port, that Lentulus sent to the emperor to assure
to the emperor (Dion Cass. liv. 12 ; Senec. de him of his allegiance, as long as he was allowed to
Benef. ii. 27 ; Suet. Tib. 49). This Cn. Lentulus, retain the command of the army, but intimating
who is always spoken of as Augur, must not be that he would raise the standard of revolt, if he
confounded with Cn. Lentulus Gaetulicus (No. were deprived of his province. Tiberius thought it
39). (See Lipsius, ad Tuc. Ann. iv. 44. ) The more prudent to leave him alone ; but Caligula,
Augur Lentulus spoken of by Tacitus (Ann. iii. thinking his influence with the soldiers too dan-
59) in A. D. 22, must, therefore, be the same as the gerous, put him to death in A. D. 39, apparently
preceding.
without exciting any commotion. Lentulus was
39. L. CORNELIUS L. F. LEYTULUS, consul succeeded in the command of the army in Upper
B. C.
