Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus (consul 275 BC)
Appearance
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a Roman politician in the third century BC.
Family
[edit]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
[edit]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]