Plutarch's Lives

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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