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Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus (consul 275 BC)

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Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a Roman politician in the third century BC.

Family

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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, respectively.

Career

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Lucius Cornelius Lentulus served as consul in 275 BC with Manius Curius Dentatus as his colleague.[1] While Dentatus was fighting against Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, Cornelius defeated the Samnites, triumphed and assumed the cognomen Caudinus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hans George Gundel: The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity Ch.3 p.174
  2. ^ Broughton, Robert S. The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 509 - 100 BC.