Lollia was an Ancient Roman noblewoman. She was the wife of Roman general Aulus Gabinius. She was also a mistress of Julius Caesar.
Biography Lollia was a Plebeian of the gens Lollia.Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita Caesarum, Caesar, 50. 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. Some time during their marriage she became a mistress of Julius Caesar.Prudence J. Jones; Cleopatra: A Sourcebook - page: 49 Lollia does not seem to have suffered any loss of public image or marriage issues because of the affair.Susan Treggiari; Servilia and her Family - page: 108
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.Susan Treggiari; Servilia and her Family - page: 104
Cultural depictions 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.Richard Braccia; Respublica: A Novel of Cicero's Roman Republic - page: 452 The affair is also depicted in the novel Lustrum by Robert Harris.Robert Harris; Lustrum: (Cicero Trilogy 2) - page: 389
See also List of Roman gentes Women in Rome
References
Further reading Pompey the Great: A Political Biography Richard S. Williams; The Role of "Amicitia" in the Career of A. Gabinius (Cos. 58)