Cossus Cornelius Lentulus was a
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...
senator
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, who was active during the reign of
Tiberius
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...
. He was
consul
Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states th ...
in the year AD 25 as the colleague of
Marcus Asinius Agrippa
Marcus Asinius Agrippa was a Roman senator, who was active during the Principate. He was consul in AD 25 as the colleague of first Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, then of Gaius Petronius. Agrippa died at the end of the following year (26). According t ...
. Except for his consulship, the only office Lentulus might have held is governorship of
Germania Superior
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, as
Edmund Groag
Edmund Groag (2 February 1873, in Prerau – 19 August 1945, in Vienna) was an Austrian classical scholar, who specialized in Roman history.
From 1892 he studied history and philology at the University of Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 18 ...
conjectured.
Lentulus was the son of
Cossus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus Cossus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus was a Roman senator and general, who was consul in 1 BC with Lucius Calpurnius Piso the Augur as his colleague.
Originally born Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, Gaetulicus was a member of the patrician Lentulus bra ...
, consul in 1 BC. His brother was
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus, consul in the year 26. He is known to have a son,
Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, consul in the year 60, as the colleague of
Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 unt ...
.
[Syme, ''Augustan Aristocracy'', pp. 298f]
References
1st-century Romans
Cossus (consul 778 AUC)
Cornelius Lentulus, Cossus (778 AUC)
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