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Publius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a Roman politician in the third century BC.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Family

He was a member of gens Cornelia. His father was Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus, consul in 275 BC. His brother was Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus, consul in 237 BC. Publius had a son of the same name, who served as Praetor in 203 BC.^[1]

Career

In 236 BC, Lentulus served as consul, together with Gaius Licinius Varus as his colleague. He fought successfully against the Ligurians, and celebrated a triumph upon defeating them.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Charles Ludwig Elvers, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol.3
^ ^a ^b Eutropius, III, 2, 1.
^ Zonaras, VIII, 18.

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[:0-1] Charles Ludwig Elvers, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol.3

[:1-2] Eutropius, III, 2, 1.

[3] Zonaras, VIII, 18.

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