CORN1469 Cn. Cornelius (269) Merula

Status

  • Patrician

Career

  • Legatus (Ambassador) 162 Aegyptus (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to Egypt to induce Ptolemy VI to be reconciled again (see 163) with his brother and cede him Cyprus, but were put off by Ptolemy VI and stopped by a rising against Ptolemy VII in Cyrene (Polyb. 31.10.9-10, and 17-18; cf. 31.20.1-6). See Otto, ABAW 11 (1934) 95.{443} (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 154 Aegyptus (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Presumably men of praetorian rank, but evidence is lacking. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Sent with three others to aid Ptolemy VII against Ptolemy VI and assist his return to Cyprus (Polyb. 33.11.6-7; cf. FOR 1.31, 172f.; Otto, ABAW 11 [1934] 113-123). (Broughton MRR I)