Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus (consul 275 BC)

Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus was a Roman politician in the third century BC.

Family
He was a member of gens Cornelia. His sons were the consuls Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus and Publius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus in 237 and 236 BC, respectively.

Career
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus served as consul in 275 BC with Manius Curius Dentatus as his colleague. While Dentatus was fighting against Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, Cornelius defeated the Samnites, triumphed and assumed the cognomen Caudinus.