Lucius Cornelius Cinna (suffect consul)

Lucius Cornelius Cinna ( † after 44 BC) was a Roman politician of the late Republic.

The son of the Populares politician (consul 87-84 BC) went after the failure of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ' attempt to overthrow the constitution of Sulla, 78 BC to Sertorius in Spain. Since about 73 BC, but he held back on in Rome. In a significantly higher age than usual because he was the son of a proscribed long hold no office, it was during the reign Gaius Julius Caesar (who had been through the marriage with Cornelia Cinna's sister his brother in law ) 44 BC, praetor. He was not involved in the conspiracy against Caesar, but gave his consent to murder to detect. An angry crowd brought so to the tribune Gaius Helvius Cinna, whom she mistook for Cornelius Cinna. Cinna was mentioned by Cicero nor end 44. He or the same Suffektkonsul the year 32 BC was with Pompeia, the daughter of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, married and had with her ​​son Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus.