Lucius Cornelius Cinna

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Lucius Cornelius Cinna (* around 130 BC; † 84 BC in Ancona ) was a Roman politician, known as a representative of popular politics and as an opponent of Sulla and the Optimates .

He was around 90 BC. BC Praetor and then fought in the alliance war . As a follower of Marius , Cinna was made consul for 87 BC. Elected and began in this office - after Sulla's departure for the war against Mithridates VI. of Pontus - to take action against the measures Sulla had taken after his first march on Rome. He was expelled, but returned that same year with Marius, conquered Rome and now proceeded against Sulla's supporters.

Contrary to the constitution of the Roman Republic , Cinna - just like Marius before - was re-elected as consul year after year (86, 85 and 84 BC). He found support from the knighthood ( Equites ) and the Italian allies, who owed him Roman citizenship . When Sulla's return from the east was imminent, Cinna prepared an army against him, but was slain in a mutiny in the camp.

His practical sole rule for several years represented a further stage in the gradual dissolution of the Roman Republic. Due to the poor and partisan sources, Cinna's personality and political goals can hardly be identified.

Cinna's daughter Cornelia was from about 85/84 BC. The wife of Gaius Iulius Caesar , his son of the same name Lucius also a politician.

literature

  • Harold Bennett: Cinna and his times. A critical and interpretative study of Roman history during the period 87-84 BC George Banta, Menasha WI 1923 (Chicago IL, University of Chicago, Dissertation, 1921).
  • Christoph Meinhard Bulst: "Cinnanum Tempus". A reassessment of the "Dominatio Cinnae". In: Historia . Volume 13, No. 3, 1964, pp. 307-337, JSTOR 4434843 .
  • Michael Lovano: The age of Cinna. Crucible of late republican Rome (= Historia. Individual writings. 158). Steiner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-515-07948-3 .
  • Friedrich Münzer : Cornelius 106 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Sp. 1282-1287.

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personal data
SURNAME Cinna, Lucius Cornelius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cornelius Cinna, Lucius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 130 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 84 BC Chr.
Place of death Ancona