 Both Asiaticus and Bellicius Natalis were picked to be suffect consuls by emperor Galba.Although it is not clear from his name, Asiaticus was a member of the Cornelii Lentuli, one of the patrician branches of the gens Cornelia.His father was Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio, suffect consul in 24, and the beautiful Poppaea Sabina the Elder; his older half-brother is Publius Cornelius Scipio, suffect consul in 56.