About Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus
Lived 310 BC – 275 BC (aged 34–35). Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a Roman politician and military personnel.
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a Roman politician in the third century BC.
Family He was a member of gens Cornelia. His grandfather is believed to be Servius Cornelius Lentulus, consul of 303 BC. sons were the consuls Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus and Publius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus in 237 and 236 BC, respectively.
Career Lucius Cornelius Lentulus served as consul in 275 BC with Manius Curius Dentatus as his colleague. While Dentatus was fighting against Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, Cornelius defeated the Samnites, triumphed and assumed the cognomen Caudinus.
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Roman consul 275 BC
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Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was born in 310 BC in Ancient Rome.
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Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus died in 275 BC.
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Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a politician and military personnel.
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