Roman civil war commanders - Faustus Cornelius SullaDictator’s son, Pompeius’ son-in-law and Lucullu

Roman civil war commanders - Faustus Cornelius SullaDictator’s son, Pompeius’ son-in-law and Lucullus’ ward whose career wasn’t that impressive though. In his 20s Faustus was an officer in Pompeius’ army that conquered Syria and Palestine and during that time he admittedly managed to achieve some fame. The brightest moment came during the conquest of Jerusalem when he was among the first men who stormed over the walls of the temple. During the 50s Faustus pursued a political career and was chosen an Augur and Quaestor. While holding the latter office he issued coins celebrating Pompey¨s achievements and above you can see one example (trophies are depicted in the coin).. When civil war broke out, Faustus joined - quite naturally - Pompey’s side and accompanied his father-in-law into Greece. Apparently he wasn’t among the highest ranking officers of Senatorial army, but in any case he participated in the battle of Pharsalus. After the defeat Faustus fled to Africa with rest of Republican army. They were beaten again at Thapsus and after this setback he tried to escape to Mauretania, but was killed by one of Caesar’s commanders (Publius Sittius). Summa summarum - rather mediocre career as mentioned earlier. Ok, he was a senator, held a couple  of offices and rebuilt  Curia Hostilia, but somehow one would have expected more from Sulla’s son and Pompeius son-in-law. Just in comparison Faustus’ cousin Publius Cornelius Sulla had much more succesful career. He held  several political offices and also distinguished himself in the civil war as a competent general. For example he commanded the right wing (= famous Xth legion!!) of Caesar’s army at Pharsalus.  https://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=146529&cachesLoaded=trueSource: Source: Münzkabinett, StaatlicheMuseen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Creator: DirkSonnenwald ; Copyright Notice;CC BY-NC-SA     -- source link

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