Frank Frost Abbott, Commentary on Selected Letters of Cicero, Cicero's Family and Friends., Publius Cornelius Dolabella.

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Publius Cornelius Dolabella.

56. Cicero was somewhat disturbed¹ upon hearing, whfle in Cilicia, that his daughter Tullia was betrothed to Dolabella, for the young man's career was notorious, and Cicero himself had twice defended him against serious charges. These fears were well grounded, for Dolabella neglected Tullia, and in 46 B.C. they were divorced. Probably in the hope that Caesar's programme included cancellation of debts,² Dolabella joined his party in the civil war and was designated as Caesar's successor in the consulship for 44 B.C., during the projected Parthian wan In this office he at first showed some sympathy for the party of Brutus and Cassius, but later the promise of the province of Syria induced him to side with Antony. He met his death³ while attempting to take this province from one of the conspirators (§ 43).

1 Fam. 2.15.2; Att. 6.6.1.

2 Fam. 2.16.5.

3 Vell. Paterc. 2.69.

Frank Frost Abbott. Cicero: Selected Letters. Boston. Ginn and Co. 1909.

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