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Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther

P. Lentulus

Roman consul 57 BC; the chief mover of Cicero's recall from exile. The Lentulus of the Fam. 1 correspondence.

Reading notes

Ad M. Brutum 2.2 §3 our friend Lentulus
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, a Republican commander operating in the East alongside Cassius; his letter brought news of Cassius's seizure of Syria and the Syrian legions.
Ad Familiares 13.48 §1 the regulation of your kinsman Publius Lentulus
Cicero urges Sextilius to follow the lex (administrative regulation) laid down by his kinsman P. Lentulus together with the rules Cicero himself established. Lentulus is most plausibly P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (consul 57 BC), proconsul of Cilicia 56-53 BC, whose jurisdiction included Cyprus; the kinsman relation to Sextilius is otherwise unattested.
Ad Familiares 14.1 §2 Lentulus
P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, consul-designate for 57 BC, who became the chief champion of Cicero's recall and carried it through the next year.
On Duties §2.57 Publius Lentulus in my consulship
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, aedile in 63 BC during Cicero's consulship, whose games outdid all his predecessors'. Consul 57 BC, he worked for Cicero's recall from exile.
On His Return: To the Citizens §11 P. Lentulus, consul, parent, god
P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, consul 57 BC, hailed in the most extravagant terms as the saviour of Cicero's restored existence.
On His Return: To the Senate §5 P. Lentulus
P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, consul 57 BC, the prime mover of Cicero's recall, whom Cicero repeatedly hails as ``parent and god'' of his restored life.