A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

7. P.CorneliusDolabella, was praetor urbanus in B. C. 67; if, as is usually supposed, this be the year in which Cicero spoke for Aulus Caecina. (Cic. pro Cace. 8.) He seems to be the same person as the Dolabella who is mentioned by Valerius Maximus, (8.1, Ambustae, § 2,) as governor of Asia, with the title of proconsul. (Comp. Gel. 12.7, where he bears the praenomen Cneius; Amm. Marc. 29.2.)