Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 44 BC)

For other people with the same name, see Publius Cornelius Dolabella.
Publius Cornelius Dolabella
Bornc. 85–69 BC[1]
Died43 BC
Cause of deathSuicide
NationalityRoman
Office
XVir sacris faciundis 51–43 BC
Legate (Caesar; Greece) 49–48 BC[2]
Plebeian tribune 47 BC
Legate (Caesar; Spain) 45 BC[3]
Consul (suffect) 44 BC
Septemvir agris dividendis 44 BC
Proconsul (Syria) 44–43 BC[4]
Spouse(s)Fabia and Tullia
Partner(s)Caecilia Metella
Antonia Hybrida Minor
ChildrenPublius Cornelius Dolabella
Cornelius Dolabella
Cornelius Lentulus

Publius Cornelius Dolabella (c. 85/69 – 43 BC, also known by his adoptive name Lentulus)[5] was a Roman politician and general under the dictator Julius Caesar. He was by far the most important of the patrician Cornelii Dolabellae[6] but he arranged for himself to be adopted into the plebeian Cornelii Lentuli so that he could become a plebeian tribune.[7] He married Cicero's daughter, Tullia, although he frequently engaged in extramarital affairs. Throughout his life he was an extreme profligate, something that Plutarch wrote reflected ill upon his patron Julius Caesar.

  1. ^ James K. Finn, Frank J. Groten; Res publica conquassata - page: 190
  2. ^ Broughton 1952, p. 281.
  3. ^ Broughton 1952, p. 311.
  4. ^ Broughton 1952, p. 552.
  5. ^ Shackleton Bailey 1976, pp. 29–32.
  6. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dolabella, Publius Cornelius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 386.
  7. ^ Oxford Classical Dictionary. (3rd ed., 1996) p. 394; Cassius Dio. Roman History, xlii.29.1.