This biography of Publius Cornelius Dolabella chronicles the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures of the Roman Republic. Born in the late 2nd century BC, Dolabella rose to prominence as a military commander and politician, serving as a consul
Publius Cornelius Dolabella was a Roman politician and general under the dictator Julius Caesar. He was by far the most important of the patrician Cornelii Dolabellae but he arranged for himself to be adopted into the plebeian Cornelii Lentuli so that he could become a plebeian tribune. 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.