Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (probably Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Cruscellio) (fl. 1st century BC) was a

suffect consul A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...

in 38 BC, in the late

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A member of the

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gens Cornelia The gens Cornelia was one of the greatest patrician houses at ancient Rome. For more than seven hundred years, from the early decades of the Republic to the third century AD, the Cornelii produced more eminent statesmen and generals than any oth ...

, Cruscellio was the son of

Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus (before 97 BC48 BC) was Consul of the Roman Republic in 49 BC, an opponent of Julius Caesar, Caesar and supporter of Pompey, Pompeius in the Caesar's Civil War, Civil War during 49 to 48 BC. Family and political care ...

. From September 20 through to October 23, 54 BC, he was the prosecutor who brought charges under the '' Lex Cornelia de maiestate'' against

Aulus Gabinius Aulus Gabinius (by 101 BC – 48 or 47 BC) was a Roman statesman and general. He was an avid supporter of Pompey who likewise supported Gabinius. He was a prominent figure in the latter days of the Roman Republic. Career In 67 BC, when tribune ...

, the ex-consul of 58 BC. In 44 BC, he was possibly elected to the office of

Praetor Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected '' magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to discharge vario ...

, and he was one of those who declared that the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

’s allotment of provinces for the following year (during the meeting of November 28, 44 BC) was not binding. Probably as a result of his father's support for

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during the civil war, Cruscellio was

proscribed Proscription ( la, proscriptio) is, in current usage, a 'decree of condemnation to death or banishment' (''Oxford English Dictionary'') and can be used in a political context to refer to state-approved murder or banishment. The term originated ...

by the ruling ''

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''. Therefore, in 42 BC, he fled to

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. Sextus gave him a naval command as a

Legatus A ''legatus'' (; anglicised as legate) was a high-ranking Roman military officer in the Roman Army, equivalent to a modern high-ranking general officer. Initially used to delegate power, the term became formalised under Augustus as the officer ...

, probably a ''legatus pro praetore''. Probably after the

Pact of Misenum The Pact of Misenum was a treaty to end the naval blockade of the Italian Peninsula during the Sicilian revolt. The pact was signed in 39 BC between Sextus Pompeius and the members of the Second Triumvirate – specifically, Mark Antony and Gaius ...

in 39 BC, Cruscellio became reconciled to the triumvirs, and became a supporter of

Marcus Antonius Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autoc ...

. As a result, he was appointed

in 38 BC, replacing Appius Claudius Pulcher.Broughton, pg. 390 Cruscellio was married to

Sulpicia Sulpicia was the author, in the first century BCE, of six short poems (some 40 lines in all) written in Latin which were published as part of the corpus of Albius Tibullus's poetry (poems 3.13-18). She is one of the few female poets of ancient Rom ...

, and may have been the father of Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, consul in 3 BC.

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* Broughton, T. Robert S., ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'', Vol. II (1951) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornelius Lentulus Cruscellio, Lucius 1st-century BC Roman consuls Senators of the Roman Republic Cruscellio, Lucius Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Roman patricians

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