Publius Cornelius Lentulus edit

Consul in 71 BCE, a key figure in the Catilinarian conspiracy who was later put to death; also step-father of the Mark Anthony

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Career

81 BCE

Quaestor edit

See MRR2 source
74 BCE

Praetor ·Q. de repetundis edit

Vell. 2.34.4. A certain Terentius Varro, probably A. Terentius Varro (see 75, Praetors, on Furius; 82, Legates; and 77, Promagistrates, on A. Terentius Varro), was accused before him of extortion in Asia, with Hortensius as advocate for the defence, and acquitted by a vote in which the marked ballots of the jury caused a scandal. (4)
71 BCE

Consul edit

MT: Attested in inscriptions, in the official fasti (corrupted forms like Horesten and Plendulo), and in later chronicles. Literary references (Cicero, Velleius, Dio) also confirm activities.
63 BCE

Praetor edit

Praetor a second time, thus rehabilitating himself after his expulsion from the Senate in 70. One of the chief leaders in the conspiracy of Catiline, he signed the letter to the Allobroges, was compelled to abdicate his office, and was put to death.