He consistently opposed Caesar, whom he endeavoured to implicate in the Catilinarian conspiracy.
In this he was successful at the time of the Catilinarian conspiracy, in the suppression of which he was materially aided by the equites.
He imitated the Greek historians in taking particular actions - the Jugurthan War and the Catilinarian Conspiracy - as the subjects of artistic treatment.
Publius Cornelius Lentulus, nicknamed Sura, one of the chief figures in the Catilinarian conspiracy.
In 63 B.C. he was curule aedile, assisted Cicero in the suppression of the Catilinarian conspiracy, and distinguished himself by the splendour of the games he provided.