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the plebs, Cic. pro Leye _/anil. 19), they were no viii. 22, 23.) He was legate in the Caudine camn
doubt descendants of freedmen. The name was paign, five years after, and advised the consuls to
evidently derived from lens, like Cicero from cicer, accept the terms offered by the enemy. (Liv. ix.
&c. (Cic. ad Att. i. 19. ~ 2; Plin. Hi N. xviii. 4.) Next year he was dictator, and he probably
3.) was the officer who avenged the disgrace of the
STEMMA LENTULORUM. Furculae Caudinae. This was indeed disputed. L. Cornelius Lentulsc. 387. (Liv. ix. 15); but his descendants at least claimed
Senator B..c. 387.
2. L. Corn.t entulusl the honour for him, by assuming the agnomen of
Cos. B. C. 387. Caudinus. [See No. 6.]
3. Ser. Corn. Lentulus, 3. SERV. CORNELIUS CN. F. CN. N. LENTULUS,
3. Sib, Corn. Lentulus,
Cos. B. 303. consul in B. c. 303. (Liv. x. 1; Fasti Cap.)
4. Tib. Corn. Lentulus. 4. TIB. CORNELIUS SERV. F. CN. N. LENTULUS,
5. L. Corn. tentulus, son of the last. [See the next.]
Cos. B. c. 275. 5. L. CORNELIUS TIB. F. SERV. N. LENTULUS,
son of the last, consul B. C. 275. (Fasti Cap.)
6. L. Corn. Lentulus Caudinus, 7. P. Corn. Lentulus 6. L. CORNELIUS L. F. TIB. N. LENTULUS
Cos. Bc. 237. Caudinus, Cos.
I B.C. 236. CAUDINUS, son of the last. (Fasti Cap. A. U. 51.6.)
a L. Corn. Lentulus 9. P. Coro. Lentulus 10. P. Corn. Lentulus He is the first who is expressly recorded with the
Caudinnus,Aed. Caudinus, Pr. Caondous, Pr. agnomen Caudinus: but as the Fasti are mutilated,
Cur.6. c. B. 2.C. 214.
Cur. B. C. 205. B. oC 204. it may have been assumed by his father. He was
I h
I l 14. Corn. Lentulus, curule aedile (Vaillant, Cornelii No. 18, Papirii No.
uus, Co 12. L. Corns. LenC. 199, r... 134. ); Pontifex Maximus (Liv. xxii. 10); and as
Onins, Coo. Coo. ~.899. PCos. n. c. 199.
B. C. 201. 15. Cn. Corn. Lentu consul in B. C. 237, he triumphed over the Ligu13.. Ilus, Cos. s.. 97.
L. or Lupus. Cos. n. c 24. Cn. Corn. Leuus, I rians. (Fasti Cap.; Eutrop. iii. 2.) He died B. C.
oruns Lupus,e Cos. e. c. 162. 24. Cn. Corn. LenCos. B.C. 167. I tulus Clodianus, 21 3. (Liv. xxv. 2.)
17. P. Corn. Lentulus. Cos. B.sc. 72. 7P. CORNELIUS L. F. TIB. N. LENTULUS CAU18. P. Corn.'Lentulus 25. Cn. Corn. Len- DINUS, brother of the last, consul in B. C. 236.
Sura, Cos. B. C. tulus Clodianus,
71. A Catilin- B.c. 60. (Fasti, A. U. 517; Vaill. Cornelii, No. 19; Spalh.
arian conspirator Nu7. vol. ii. p. 220.)
B. c. 63. Married Nuiii. vo1 ii. p. 22.)
Julia, mother of 8. L. CORNELIUS L. F. L. N. LENTULUS CAUthe triumvir, M.
Antonius. DINUS, son of No. 6, curule aedile in B. C. 209.
19. P Corn. Len- 22. C. Corn. Lentulus, (Liv. xxvii. 21.)
tulus. Triumvir Col. 9. P. CORNELIUS L. F. L. N. LENTULUS CAUI Deduc. s. c. 199.
20. P. Corn. 2Lenn DINUS, brother of the last; with P. Scipio in
ther, Coo. Cos. B. C,146. Spain, B. C. 210 (Liv. xxvi. 48); praetor B. C. 204,,. C. 57. --
R. C. I. 27. Serv. Corn.Lentulus, (Id. xxix. 38); one of the ten ambassadors sent
21. P. Corn. Len- Cur. Aed. B.C. 207. to Philip of Macedon in B.C. 196. (Id. xxxiii.
tuius Spin- 3
ther, Pro- 35, 39).
4.estor B - 28. Serv. Corn. Lentulus, 29. P. ]Corn. Lena4er 0..2 Pr. r. 2 C. L s169. rtuus, Leatus 10. P. CORNELIUS P. F. L.'N. LENTULUS,
6 L. Corn. Len- 30. L C Lentuu B.C. 11. son of No. 7, praetor in Sicily B. C. 214, and
tulus Crus, * r.so.c. 140. continued in his province for the two following;Cos. B. C. 49.years. (Liv. xxiv. 9, 10, 44, xxv. 3, xxvi. 1.),51. L. Lentulus,
-.c. 168. In B. C. 189 he was one of ten ambassadors sent
32. Cn. Lentulus Vatia, into Asia after the submission of Antiochus. (Id.
B.C. 56. xxxvii. 55.)
33. L. Corn. en- 35. LentulusCruscellio, 11. CN. CORNELIUS L. F. L. N. LENTULUS
tulusamen MNiger, B. C. 43. (Fasti Cap. A. U. 552); perhaps son of No. 8, since
B.c. 57. we find him designated as L. f. L. n.; though, on
34. L. Corn. Lentulus, the other hand, his praenomen Cneius, and the abFla-m. Martis. sence of the agnomen Caudinus, are opposed to this
Imperial Perabd. connection. He was quaestor in B. C. 212; curule
36. Cn. Corn. Lentulus, aedile with his brother (No. 12) in 204; consul in
Cos.s.c. 18. - 201 (Liv. xxv. 17, xxix. 11, xxx. 40, 44). He
37. Cn. Corn. Lentulus 38. L. Corn. Lentulus, wished for the province of Africa, that he might
Augur, Cos. s. c. Cos. o. C. 3.
14. conclude the war with Carthage; but this well39. Cossus Corn. Lentulus earned glory was reserved for Scipio by the senate.
(;aetulicus, Cos. B. C. 1. Lentulus had the command of the fleet on the coast
~lo40. Cossus ~orn. Lentul of Sicily, with orders to pass over to Africa if necee40. Cossus Corn. Lentulus. 41. Cn. Corn. Lentulus Scipio used'to say, that but for Lentulus's
Cos. A. Ds. 25. (Gaetulicus, Cos. 2. sary. used to say, that but for Lentuuss
42. CossusICn L tuls greediness he should have destroyed Carthage.. Corn. en (Liv. xxx. 40-44.) Cn. Lentulus was proconsul
43. Lentulus, Mimographer. in Hither Spain in B. C. 199, and had an ovation
for hisservices. (Id. xxxi. 50, xxxiii. 27.)
For the Lentuli Marcellini, see MARCELLUS. 12. CORNELus L F L N LENTULus, bro12. L. CORNELIUS L. F. L. N. LENTULUS, bro1. L. CORNELIIS LENTULUS, was the only ther of the last (Vaill. Cornelii, No. 28), praetor in
senator who voted against buying off Brennus and Sardinia B. C. 211 (Liv. xxv. 41, xxvi. 1), suchis Gauls, B. C. 387. (Liv. ix. 4.) ceeded Scipio as proconsul in Spain, where he re2. L. CORNELIUS L. F. LENTULUS, son of the mained for eleven years, and on his return was
last (Liv. 1. c.), consul in B. C. 327. He commanded not allowed more than an ovation, because he only
an army of observation against the Samnites just held proconsular rank. (Liv. xxviii. 38, xxix. 2, 1 1,
before the second Samnite war, B. C. 324. (Liv. 13, xxx. 41, xxxi. 20, 30.) During his absence in