person
Cn. Lentulus Marcellinus
also: Gnaeus Lentulus Marcellinus
Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, quaestor of Sicily under Verres's successor c. 74 BC (and later a member of the prosecution team, Div. in Caec. 13; Verr. 2.4.53), praetor c. 59, consul 56 BC. He vigorously opposed the renewal of the triumvirate in his consulship. Brutus 247 notices his eloquence.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 1.1 §2 Marcellinus is angry with you
Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, one of the consuls of 56 BC, who repeatedly raised the religious objection in the senate; though out of temper with Lentulus Spinther on the Egyptian question, he remained otherwise friendly.