Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 35 BC)

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Publius Cornelius Dolabella (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman

suffect consul in 35 BC with Titus Peducaeus as his colleague.[1]

Biography

Early life

A member of the

gens Cornelia, Dolabella was probably the descendant of Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, who was Urban praetor in 81 BC.[2] His father may have been Publius Cornelius Dolabella the consul of 44 BC.[3]

He may have been the man who informed Cleopatra of Octavian's plans when he had captured her.[4]

Career

Much of his career is unknown; based on a series of rare and enigmatic bronze coins, it has been postulated that he may have been a

Marcus Antonius. He also perhaps may have been the Dolabella who accompanied Augustus to Gaul between 16 – 13 BC.[5]

Personal life

It is speculated that Dolabella married a Quinctilia, a sister of Publius Quinctilius Varus, and that their son was Publius Cornelius Dolabella, who was Roman consul in AD 10.[6]

References

  1. ^ Alison E. Cooley, The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy (Cambridge: University Press, 2012), p. 456
  2. ^ Tansey, pp. 266f
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  5. ^ Tansey, p. 266
  6. ^ Tansey, p. 271

Sources

Political offices
Preceded by
Sextus Pompeius
as ordinary consuls
Suffect Consul of the Roman Republic
35 BC
with Titus Peducaeus
Succeeded by
Marcus Antonius II, and
Lucius Scribonius Libo
as ordinary consuls