Cornelia (daughter of Sulla)

Cornelia Sulla was the eldest daughter of the Roman statesman and general Lucius Cornelius Sulla and his first wife, Ilia (or Julia).[1]

Cornelia married Quintus Pompeius Rufus, the son of Sulla's consular colleague in 88 BC, Quintus Pompeius Rufus. The marriage produced two children, Pompeia (who became Julius Caesar's second wife) and Quintus Pompeius Rufus. Her husband was killed during a riot led by the tribune Publius Sulpicius Rufus in 88 BC. She remarried Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, who became consul in 77 BC, a year after the death of Sulla.

Violent upheavals soon ensued out of the ongoing rivalry between Sulla and his former mentor the ageing Gaius Marius. In 86 BC, while Sulla was in Asia Minor pursuing his war against King Mithridates VI of Pontus, he was stripped of his imperium by Marius and his colleagues, and forced into exile.

Cornelia and her new husband took rapid steps to safeguard Sulla's estates from the resulting mock trials and proscriptions during Marius's seventh consulship. She then joined her father in exile.

- buying Marius' old villa, selling to Lucullus

- val max 2.7: Pompeius takes Cornelia to court for refusing to hand over landed property bequeathed to him

Cornelia appears in Colleen McCullough's series, Masters of Rome.

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References

  1. ↑ Keaveney, Arthur (1986). Sulla: The Last Republican. Dover, New Hampshire: Croom Helm. pp. 9–10.
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