Background
A member of the Patrician gens Cornelia, Lentulus was probably the son of Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Cruscellio and Sulpicia.
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Lucio Lentulus
Edit Profilepolitician Soldier Ancient Roman senator
Career
An adherent of Tiberius, Lentulus was elected consul alongside Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus in 3 British Columbia. In around AD 4, he was appointed the Proconsular governor of Africa Proconsularis. During his time as governor, he was confronted by uprisings of the native tribes in the south of the province and beyond the borders. During an expedition into the Libyan Desert against one of the tribes, the Nasamones, he was killed.
