Publius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a Roman politician in the third century BC.
[Charles Ludwig Elvers, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol.3][Eutropius, III, 2, 1.][Zonaras, VIII, 18.]
Family
He was a member of gens
Cornelia. His father was
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a Roman politician in the third century BC.
Family
He was a member of gens Cornelia. His sons were the consuls Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus and Publius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus in 237 and 236 BC ...
, consul in 275 BC. His brother was
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a Roman politician in the third century BC.
Family
He was a member of gens Cornelia. His sons were the consuls Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus and Publius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus in 237 and 236 BC ...
, consul in 237 BC. Publius had a son of the same name, who served as
Praetor
''Praetor'' ( , ), also ''pretor'', was the title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected ''magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to disch ...
in 203 BC.
Career
In 236 BC, Lentulus served as consul, together with
Gaius Licinius Varus as his colleague. He fought successfully against the
Ligurians
The Ligures or Ligurians were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day north-western Italy, is named. Because of the strong Celtic influences on their language and culture, they were also known in antiquity as Celto-Liguria ...
, and celebrated a
triumph upon defeating them.
References
Cornelii Lentuli
3rd-century BC Roman consuls
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