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Historical person
c. 114–63 BCE
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura was a former consul who joined Catiline’s conspiracy after being expelled from the Senate. Cicero obtained evidence of his involvement, and Lentulus was executed without trial in December 63 BCE together with other conspirators.
He had married Julia, making him the stepfather of the young Mark Antony. Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura was a Roman senator executed for his involvement in the Catilinarian conspiracy of 63 BCE.
In Alex Gough’s Caesar’s Soldier, the young Mark Antony sees his stepfather Lentulus Sura executed for involvement in Catiline’s conspiracy, a family loss that fixes his hostility towards Cicero and senatorial justice. Years of debt and disorder are followed by military service under Aulus Gabinius. Campaigns in Judaea and the restoration of Ptolemy XII in Egypt teach Antony cavalry command and the value of powerful patrons.
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The Mark Antony series presents a biographical saga of the Roman commander from the Catilinarian crisis to his defeat by Octavian. Antony’s youth is shaped by the execution of his stepfather, service under Aulus Gabinius in Judaea and Egypt, and the campaigns in Gaul that bind him to…
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