Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella (praetor 81 BC)

Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella was a

praetor urbanus in 81 BCE, when the cause of Publius Quintius was tried, the subject of Cicero's speech Pro Quinctio

, in which he charges Dolabella with having acted unjustly.

The year after that, Dolabella had

After his return to Rome, Dolabella was accused by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus of extortion in his province, and on that occasion Verres not only deserted his accomplice, but furnished the accuser with all the necessary information, and even spoke himself publicly against Dolabella. Many of the crimes committed by Verres himself were thus attributed to Dolabella, who was therefore condemned, going into exile and leaving his wife and children behind him in great poverty.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Cicero, Pro Quinctio 2, 8
^ Cicero, In Verrem 1.4, 15, 17, 29
^ Asconius Pedianus, in Cornel. p. 110, ed. Orelli

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Cn. Cornelius Dolabella (6)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 1058.

[1] Cicero, Pro Quinctio 2, 8

[2] Cicero, In Verrem 1.4, 15, 17, 29

[3] Asconius Pedianus, in Cornel. p. 110, ed. Orelli

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