Lentŭlus

, a celebrated family at Rome, which produced many great men in the commonwealth. The most illustrious were Lucius Cornel i us Lentulus, a consul, A.U.C. 427, who dispersed some robbers who infested Umbria.――Batiatus Lentulus, a man who trained up some gladiators at Capua, which escaped from his school.――Cornel i us Lentulus, surnamed Sura . He joined in Cat i line’s conspiracy, and a isted in corrupting the Allobroges. He was convicted in full senate by Cicero, and put in prison and afterwards executed.――A consul who triumphed over the Samnites.――Cnæus Lentulus, surnamed Gætulicus , was made consul A.D. 26, and was some time after put to death by Tiberius, who was jealous of his great popularity. He wrote a history mentioned by Suet on i us, and attempted also poetry.――Lucius Lentulus, a friend of Pompey, put to death in Africa.――Publius Cornel i us Lentulus, a pretor, defeated by the rebellious slaves in Sicily.――Lentulus Spinther, a senator, kindly used by Julius Cæsar, . ――A tribune at the battle of Cannæ.――Publius Lentulus, a friend of Brutus, mentioned by Cicero ( On Oratory , bk. 1 , ch. 48 ) as a great and consummate statesman.――Besides these, there are a few others, whose name is only mentioned in history, and whose life was not marked by any uncommon event. The consulship was in the family of the Lentuli in the years of Rome 427, 479, 517, 518, 553, 555, 598, . Tacitus , Annals .— Livy. — Florus. — Pliny. — Plutarch. — Eutropius.