Lucius Licinius Lucullus

This article is on the Consul of 151 BC. For the descendent (this man's grandson) see Lucullus, and for others of this name see Licinia (gens).

Lucius Licinius Lucullus was a new man (novus homo) who became Consul in 151 BC. He was imprisoned by the Tribunes for attempting to enforce a troop levy too harshly. Upon reaching Hispania, he was disappointed to find that the Celtiberians had made peace, and attacked the Vaccaei and Cauci, without any warrant from the Senate. He besieged the city of Cauca, and when the inhabitants surrendered, he demanded they do so under several conditions. One of these conditions was that a Roman garrison be installed in the city, which promptly killed all the adult males and plundered the city.

He besieged the city of Intercatia, and they surrendered only when Scipio Africanus the Younger guaranteed that the treaty would not be broken.

He was also involved in the Lusitanian War.