Faustus Cornelius Sulla (quaestor 54
Faustus Cornelius Sulla may refer to: * Faustus Cornelius Sulla (quaestor 54 BC) * Faustus Cornelius Sulla (consul 31) * Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix (22 – 62 AD) was one of the lesser known figures of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of ancient Rome. Life Felix was the son of Domitia Lepida the Younger and the suffect consul of 31, Faustus Cornelius Sulla Lucullus, ...

Faustus Cornelius Sulla (quaestor 54 BC)
Faustus Cornelius Sulla (before 86 BC – 46 BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic. He was the son of the Roman dictator, dictator Sulla, Lucius Cornelius Sulla. He spent most of his career in the shadow of his father-in-law Pompey, whom he followed during the Caesar's civil war, Civil War against Julius Caesar. He was killed soon after the battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. Life Family background Faustus was the only surviving son of the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla and his fourth wife, Caecilia Metella (daughter of Delmaticus), Caecilia Metella, and thus was a member of one of the most ancient Patrician (ancient Rome), patrician families, the Cornelia gens, Cornelii. After his father's death in 78 BC, he and his twin sister, Fausta Cornelia, Fausta, were brought up by his guardian and father's friend, Lucullus. Faustus married Pompeia Magna, daughter of Pompey the Great. Faustus accompanied Pompey on his Asian campaigns, and was the first to climb over the walls ...
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Faustus Cornelius Sulla (consul 31)
Faustus Cornelius Sulla was a Roman senator who lived during the reign of the emperor Tiberius. He was suffect consul in AD 31 with Sextus Tedius Valerius Catullus as his colleague. Faustus was the son of Sulla Felix, a member of the Arval Brethren who died in AD 21, thus a direct descendant of the dictator Sulla. His mother was Sextia and his brother was Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix. In 21, Faustus married Domitia Lepida the Younger. She was a child of Antonia the Elder by Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC), a great niece of Emperor Augustus and a granddaughter to Octavia and Triumvir Mark Antony. Lepida had two children from her previous marriage to Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus: Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, and the Empress Messalina, third wife of the Emperor Claudius.''PIR2'' C 1459 Domitia Lepida bore Faustus a son Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix (22-62), who later married Claudia Antonia, a daughter of Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicu ...
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