Lollia | |
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| Known for | Wife of Aulus Gabinius, mistress of Julius Caesar |
| Spouse | Aulus Gabinius |
| Children | Aulus Gabinius Sisenna |
Lollia was an Ancient Roman noblewoman. She was the wife of Roman general Aulus Gabinius. She was also a mistress of Julius Caesar.
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]
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 Caesar's trust by letting him have sex with Lollia. [6] The affair is also depicted in the novel Lustrum by Robert Harris. [7]