Lollia (wife of Aulus Gabinius)

Lollia was an Ancient Roman noblewoman. She was the wife of Roman general Aulus Gabinius. She was also a mistress of Julius Caesar.

Lollia
Born
Rome
Died
Rome
Known forWife of Aulus Gabinius, mistress of Julius Caesar
Spouse(s)Aulus Gabinius
ChildrenAulus Gabinius Sisenna

Biography

Lollia was a Plebeian of the gens Lollia.[1] She may have been a daughter of Marcus Lollius Palicanus, who was tribune of the plebs in 71 BC. Lollia married Aulus Gabinius and they had the son Aulus Gabinius Sisenna together.[2] Some time during their marriage she became a mistress of Julius Caesar.[3] Lollia does not seem to have suffered any loss of public image or marriage issues because of the affair.[4]

She and her husband are both mentioned in a letter from Cicero in which he implies that they both were sexually involved with the revolutionary Catiline, and that Gabinius might have pimped her out.[5]

Cultural depictions

Lollia appears in the historical novel Respublica: A Novel of Cicero's Roman Republic by Richard Braccia. In the book it is described by another character that Gabinus won Caesars trust by letting him have sex with Lollia.[6] The affair is also depicted in the novel Lustrum by Robert Harris.[7]

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See also

References
  1. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita Caesarum, Caesar, 50.
  2. Aulus Gabinius Sisenna article at ancient library Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Prudence J. Jones; Cleopatra: A Sourcebook - page: 49
  4. Susan Treggiari; Servilia and her Family - page: 108
  5. Susan Treggiari; Servilia and her Family - page: 104
  6. Richard Braccia; Respublica: A Novel of Cicero's Roman Republic - page: 452
  7. Robert Harris; Lustrum: (Cicero Trilogy 2) - page: 389

Further reading
  • Pompey the Great: A Political Biography
  • Richard S. Williams; The Role of "Amicitia" in the Career of A. Gabinius (Cos. 58)
  • Rawson, Elizabeth (1991). Roman culture and society: collected papers. Clarendon Press.
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