Lucius Sempronius Atratinus

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Lucius Sempronius Atratinus was a Roman prosecutor during the 1st Century BC.

He is mentioned in Pro Caelio , a famous defence speech of Marcus Caelius Rufus by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Atratinus was the son of Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, who had been unsuccessfully prosecuted by Caelius for bribery; Atratinus in turn prosecuted Caelius for vis, political violence. Pro Caelio was Cicero's defense against these charges.

Atratinus' poorly preserved burial mausoleum is located in Gaeta, Italy.