Lucius Cornelius Chrysogonus

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Lucius Cornelius Chrysogonus (died 80 BC) was a Greek freedman of Lucius Cornelius Sulla whom Sulla put in charge of the proscriptions of 82 BC. He was accused of corruption by Marcus Tullius Cicero during the trial of Sextus Roscius.

References in popular culture

• Chrysogonus appears in Steven Saylor's first Roma Sub Rosa mystery novel, Roman Blood.
• Chrysogonus appears in Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series, most notably in The Grass Crown and Fortune's Favorites.

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