Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella

Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella was a Roman politician of the late republic from the branch of the patrician family of Cornelius Dolabellae.

Maybe he is to identify with the Gnaeus Cornelius, who is called BC on an inscription as an officer ( military tribune? ) Of Pompey Strabo at the siege Asculums 89. 83 and 82 BC he commanded, probably as legate, fleet units Sulla in the civil war and took part in the battles of Sacriportus and the Porta Collina. During the dictatorship of Sulla, he was 81 BC Consul. From 80 BC to 77 BC, he was probably as proconsul governor of Macedonia. After his return to Rome he celebrated a triumph. He was subsequently indicted by the young Gaius Julius Caesar for extortion but acquitted after defense by Gaius Aurelius Cotta and Quintus Hortensius Hortalus.