person
Faustus Cornelius Sulla
Faustus
Son of the dictator Sulla (born ca. 86 BC); married Pompey's daughter; served as quaestor in Syria with Pompey; killed in Africa after Thapsus 46 BC. Owner of a notable library at Cumae.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 4.10 §1 Faustus's library
Faustus Cornelius Sulla, son of the dictator (born 86 BC, husband of Pompey's daughter); his Cumae villa held a notable library, perhaps drawing on his father's collection.
- For Publius Sulla §54 gladiators were bought in Faustus's name
Faustus Cornelius Sulla, son of the dictator, for whose funeral games for his father a troop of gladiators was being assembled. The prosecution alleged the troop was really meant for armed violence; Cicero answers that it was a routine purchase for the show.