Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus
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Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (c. 90 BC – 48 BC) was a Roman statesman and consul of 56 BC. He was married at least twice. His first wife is unknown but his second wife was probably Scribonia
, at least twenty years his junior, who later became the second wife of Augustus
.
He was the father of Lentulus Marcellinus, Caesar's quaestor
put in command of his fortifications at Dyrrhachium in 48 BC by his first wife and Cornelius Marcellinus by Scribonia (CIL 6.26033: Libertorum et familiae Scribonae Caes. et Corneli Marcell. f. eius); he probably died before reaching adulthood.
Marcellinus died before 47 BC. Scribonia remarried to Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito
, with whom she had two children Cornelius Scipio
and Cornelia Scipio
, and later she married Augustus and became mother to his only child, Julia the Elder
.
Scribonia
Scribonia was the second wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only natural child, Julia the Elder. She was the mother-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, great-grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, grandmother-in-law of the Emperor Claudius, and...
, at least twenty years his junior, who later became the second wife of Augustus
Augustus
Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
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He was the father of Lentulus Marcellinus, Caesar's quaestor
Quaestor
A Quaestor was a type of public official in the "Cursus honorum" system who supervised financial affairs. In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official whereas, with the autocratic government of the Roman Empire, quaestors were simply appointed....
put in command of his fortifications at Dyrrhachium in 48 BC by his first wife and Cornelius Marcellinus by Scribonia (CIL 6.26033: Libertorum et familiae Scribonae Caes. et Corneli Marcell. f. eius); he probably died before reaching adulthood.
Marcellinus died before 47 BC. Scribonia remarried to Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito
Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito
Publius Cornelius Scipio ‘Salvito’ was a consul who lived in the late Roman Republic. He was a member of the Cornelia gens and a relative of Scipio Africanus, the Roman general who defeated Hannibal....
, with whom she had two children Cornelius Scipio
Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 16 BC)
Publius Cornelius Scipio was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito and Scribonia. He was elder brother to Cornelia Scipio and the elder half-brother to Julia the Elder, who was the daughter of Emperor Augustus. Scipio claimed to be a descendent of Scipio Africanus and boasted himself about...
and Cornelia Scipio
Cornelia Scipio
Cornelia was the daughter of Scribonia and consul Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito. She was married twice. Her first husband was Sextus Julius Caesar III. Together they had one son born in 32 BC, named Sextus Julius Caesar IV. Her second husband was the censor Lucius Aemilius Paullus, with whom...
, and later she married Augustus and became mother to his only child, Julia the Elder
Julia the Elder
Julia the Elder , known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia was the daughter and only biological child of Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Augustus subsequently adopted several male members of his close family as sons...
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Primary sources
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, The Syrian Wars (8.51) - As governor of Coele-Syria in 61/60 BC.
Secondary sources
- Fantham, Elaine, Julia Augusti, Routledge
- Schied, J, Scribonia Caesaris et les Cornelii Lentuli, Bulletin de Correspondence Helléenigue 100: 185-201.
- Syme, R., The Roman Revolution, Oxford