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Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella (consul 159 BC)

Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella was a Roman politician in the second century BC.

Career

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In 165 BC, Dolabella served as aedile alongside Sextus Julius Caesar. They organized the Megalesian games, holding the first performance of Terence's play Hecyra.[1] In 162 BC, Dolabella served as praetor. In 159 BC, Dolabella was elected consul together with Marcus Fulvius Nobilior as his colleague.[2] The consuls introduced the Lex Cornelia Fulvia (an anti-bribery law) and, per the Fasti Triumphales, waged war against Liguria.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Charles Ludwig Elvers, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol. 3, p. 172
  2. ^ Fasti Capitolini
  3. ^ Titus Livius, XLVII


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