Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus (consul 146 BC)

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 146 BC.^[1] His colleague was Lucius Mummius Achaicus, whose military achievements outshone him.

He was from the

Cornelia. He had held the office of praetor

by 149 BC.

In 161, Cornelius Lentulus was sent as an ambassador with

Ptolemy VI.^[2]

Children

His son, who had the same name, was consul in 97 BC.

References

T.R.S. Broughton
, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic (American Philological Association, 1951, 1986), vol. 1, p. 444, 458, 465 (see for list of primary sources on consulship); vol. 2 (1952), p. 552; vol. 3 (1986), p. 66.

^ Polybius 31.20.4; Diodorus Siculus 31.23.

Political offices

Preceded by
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus and Gaius Livius Drusus

Consul of the Roman Republic
with Lucius Mummius Achaicus

146 BC Succeeded by
Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus and Lucius Hostilius Mancinus

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[1] T.R.S. Broughton
, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic (American Philological Association, 1951, 1986), vol. 1, p. 444, 458, 465 (see for list of primary sources on consulship); vol. 2 (1952), p. 552; vol. 3 (1986), p. 66.

[2] Polybius 31.20.4; Diodorus Siculus 31.23.

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