Dolabella

Family: Rome · Role: naval commander · First appears: Comparison of Lysander with Sylla

Comparison of Lysander with Sylla

• with Sylla (Sylla reduced Dolabella's naval command.) “Sylla, he, out of envy, reduced Pompey's command by land, and Dolabella's by sea, although he himself had given them those places”

Caesar

• enemies with Caesar “When he was returned to Rome, he accused Dolabella of maladministration”

Cicero

• with Cicero (interaction) “Cicero, fearing the event, was inclined to go as lieutenant with Dolabella into Syria.”

Antony

• friends with Antony “Dolabella, however, who was tribune, being a young man and eager for change, was now for bringing in a general measure for canceling debts, and wanted Antony, who was his friend”
• enemies with Antony “Antony, backed by a vote of the senate that Dolabella should be put down by force of arms, went down and attacked him”

Otho

• with Otho (Otho sent Dolabella on a mission.) “Otho sent Dolabella (a patrician, who was suspected by the soldiery of some ill design) ... to the town of Aquinum, to give encouragement there”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.