Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella (Consul 81 BC)

Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella was a late Republic Roman politician belonging to the Dolabellae branch of the Cornelier patrician family .

Perhaps he can be identified with Gnaeus Cornelius, who on an inscription as an officer ( military tribune ?) Of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo at the siege of Asculums in 89 BC. Is called. 83 and 82 BC He commanded Sulla's naval units in the civil war , probably as a legate , and took part in the battles at Sacriportus and the Porta Collina . During the dictatorship of Sulla he was 81 BC. Chr. Consul . From 80 BC BC to probably 77 BC As proconsul he was governor in Macedonia . On his return to Rome he celebrated a triumph . He was then accused of extortion by the young Gaius Iulius Caesar , but acquitted after defense by Gaius Aurelius Cotta and Quintus Hortensius Hortalus .

literature

Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Cornelius [I 24]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , column 172.
Friedrich Münzer : Cornelius 134 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Col. 1297.

↑ CIL 6, 37045 . Possibly it was also his eponymous contemporary, the praetor of 81 BC. Chr.
^ Plutarch , comparison of Lysanders and Sulla 2, 4 .
↑ Plutarch, Sulla 28, 4 .
↑ Plutarch, Sulla 29, 4 .
↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero , In Pisonem 44 .
↑ Cicero, Brutus 317 ; Suetonius , Divus Iulius 4, 1 .

personal data
SURNAME	Cornelius Dolabella, Gnaeus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dolabella, Gnaeus Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman politician, consul 81 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 77 BC Chr.