Lucius Cornelius Lentulus

For other people named Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, see Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (disambiguation).

Lucius Cornelius Lentulus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 199 BC.

He was brother of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus, the consul of 201 BC.

Cornelius Lentulus achieved the praetorship in 211 BC and served in Sardinia. He then succeeded Scipio Africanus as proconsul in Spain, though he was denied a triumph upon his return in 200 BC. He was rewarded by becoming consul in the following year. He died in 173 BC.

Preceded by
Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus and Gaius Aurelius Cotta
Consul of the Roman Republic
with Publius Villius Tappulus
199 BC
Succeeded by
Titus Quinctius Flamininus and Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus


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