184:. That same year he proposed that the property inherited by Gaius Junius Silanus through his mother would not be confiscated as a result of Silanus’ conviction of extortion, to which Tiberius agreed.
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A barren mind, and a spirit no less feeble. He was the greatest of misers, but freer with coins than talk, so dire was his poverty of speech. He owed all his advancement to
Augustus.
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86:, as well as his dedication to reviving the name and status of the old Roman nobility. He might be identical with Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus, who was a
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had reduced him to poverty before he was able to reclaim his wealth through the generosity of
Augustus. He was given large coastal estates in
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legions, who mutinied after the death of
Augustus. They attacked him and he was only rescued through the intervention of Germanicus.
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in 387 BC. Lentulus Augur was an impoverished member of the family, and was only able to qualify for the
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killed himself (after being accused of treason), he recommended in the Senate that members of the
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sometime before 4 AD. It is believed that he was also the imperial legate in
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Lentulus died in 25 AD, leaving his enormous fortune to
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71:as a result of a generous donation from the
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128:before 6 AD, where he fought across the
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211:Sesterces
204:Suetonius
159:Pannonian
122:Illyricum
56:patrician
567:Seneca,
466:Seneca,
219:freedmen
155:Tiberius
110:governor
88:quaestor
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44:Tiberius
32:Augustus
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130:Danube
126:Moesia
80:client
36:consul
630:with
627:14 BC
150:Comes
138:Getae
24:Augur
590:ASIN
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