[445] See c. 54.
[446] See the first chapter of the Life of Lucullus.
[447] Cn. Cornelius Dolabella, consul B.C. 81, afterwards was governor of Macedonia as proconsul, in which office he was charged with maladministration. Cicero (Brutus, c. 71, 92) mentions this trial. Drumann places it in B.C. 77. Cicero (Brutus, c. 72) gives his opinion of the eloquence of Cæsar. (Suetonius, Cæsar, 4; Vell. Paterculus, ii. 42.)
[448] His name was Caius. He was consul B.C. 63 with Cicero. The trial, which was in B.C. 76, of course related to misconduct prior to that date. The trial was not held in Greece. M. Lucullus was the brother of L. Lucullus, and was Prætor in Rome at the time of the trial.
[449] Some amplification is necessary here in order to preserve Plutarch's metaphor. He was fond of such poetical turns.
Nec poterat quemquam placidi pellacia ponti
Subdola pellicere in fraudem ridentibus undis.
Lucretius, v. 1002.
[450] See the Life of Pompeius, c. 48.
[451] The military tribunes, it appears, were now elected by the people, or part of them at least. Comp. Liv. 43, c. 14.
[452] His aunt Julia and his wife Cornelia died during his quæstorship, probably B.C. 68.