Lucius Cornelius Cinna (Praetor 44 BC)

Lucius Cornelius Cinna († after 44 BC) was a Roman politician of the late republic .

The son of the popular politician of the same name ( consul 87 to 84 BC) went to 78 BC after the failure of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus' attempt to overturn Sulla's constitution . To Sertorius in Spain. Since about 73 BC But he stayed in Rome again. At a significantly older age than usual, because he was not allowed to hold office as the son of a proscribed person for a long time, he was born in 44 BC during the reign of Gaius Julius Caesar (who had been his brother-in-law through his marriage to Cinna's sister Cornelia ) BC Praetor . He was not involved in the conspiracy against Caesar, but gave his consent to his murder. An angry crowd therefore killed the tribune Gaius Helvius Cinna , whom they mistook for Cornelius Cinna. Cinna was mentioned by Cicero at the end of 44 . He or the suffect consul of the same name from the year 32 BC Was married to Pompeia , daughter of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus , and had with her the son Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus .

literature

Henry George Liddell : Cinna, Cornelius. 3. L. Cornelius LfLn Cinna . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 754–755 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Cornelius Cinna, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cinna, Lucius Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman politician
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 44 BC Chr.