person
Caesennius Lento
Lento
also: Lentonis, Caesennius Lento
A partisan of Antony, one of the seven land-commissioners (septemviri) for distributing Italian land, paired with Nucula; Cicero says he acted a tragedy. In Philippic 12 Cicero fears his armed authority in Etruria along the Cassian Way.
Reading notes
- Twelfth Philippic §23 the septemviral authority of Caesennius Lento
Caesennius Lento, one of the seven Antonian land-commissioners, held armed sway in Etruria along the Cassian Way; Cicero fears he would not be content with one head.