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Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus (consul 156 BC)

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Parents
  
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus

Grandparent
  
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus

Great-grandparent
  
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus

Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus (died 125 BC) served as a Roman consul in 156 BC alongside his colleague Caius Marcius Figulus.

Lupus was a member of the Lentuli branch of the gens Cornelia, an elite patrician family. The Latin author Lucilius criticizes Lupus for a decadent and corrupt lifestyle. Lupus was a member of the priestly college decemviri sacris faciundis. He was charged with extortion, yet still became censor in 147 BC. From 131 to 125 BC he was the princeps senatus.

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Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus (consul 156 BC) Wikipedia