Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) edit

Career

1. 74 BCE
   Quaestor edit

   See source

2. 60 BCE
   Praetor edit

   See 59, Promagistrates; cf. App. Syr. 51.

3. 56 BCE
   Consul edit

   Lentulus as Consul-elect and Consul gave general support to the optimate position against Clodius and the so-called First Triumvirate (a), and opposed the use of an army to restore the king of Egypt to his throne (b). He [Lentulus] opposed the candidacy of Pompey and Crassus for the consulships of 55 (c).

Family