Dolabella
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Dolabella was a plebian family within the patrician Cornelia gens
in ancient Rome
. Notable individuals include:
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
in ancient Rome
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
. Notable individuals include:
- Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 283 BC)Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 283 BC)Publius Cornelius Dolabella was a consul of the Roman Republic in 283 BC. He is best noted for having defeated the Boii tribe at the Battle of Lake Vadimo...
, consul in 283 BC - Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, consul in 159 BC
- Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, praetor in 81 BC
- Gnaeus Cornelius DolabellaGnaeus Cornelius DolabellaGnaeus Cornelius Dolabella was a consul of the Roman Republic in 81 BC, with Marcus Tullius Decula, during the dictatorship of Sulla.-Biography:...
, consul in 81 BC, proconsul in 80 BC - Publius Cornelius DolabellaPublius Cornelius DolabellaPublius Cornelius Dolabella was a Roman general, by far the most important of the Dolabellae. He arranged for himself to be adopted by a plebeian so that he could become a Tribune.. He married Cicero's daughter Tullia Ciceronis...
, consul in 44 BC - Publius Cornelius Dolabella the Younger, consul in 10 AD
- Cornelia Dolabellae, daughter of the above
- Publius Cornelius Dolabella, consul 55 AD
- Servius Cornelius Dolabella Petronianus, consul in 86 AD
- Servius Cornelius Dolabella Metilianus, consul in 113 AD