person
Aurelia Orestilla
Orestilla
also: Orestilla, Orestillae
A Roman matron whose daughter the young Cornificius betrothed himself to in 50 BC. Probably to be identified with the Aurelia Orestilla once married to Catiline; the identification is not certain.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 8.7 §2 betrothed himself to Orestilla's daughter
Orestilla is probably Aurelia Orestilla, once the wife of Catiline; her daughter's marriage to young Cornificius is the kind of society news Cicero said he did not want but (Caelius teases) certainly did.