Fausta Cornelia (also calledCornelia Fausta) was a daughter of the Roman DictatorSulla.

Fausta and her twin brotherFaustus were the children of their father's fourth wifeCaecilia Metella. They had one older half-sister,Cornelia, and a younger half-sister namedCornelia Postuma. She and her brother were both raised by their father's good friendLucullus.^[1]

Several men were interested in marrying Fausta, among themQuintus Pompeius Macula, a friend ofCicero who had an intense rivalry with a Fulvius for her hand, but she ultimately married the poetGaius Memmius.^[2] They had one son together, also namedGaius Memmius. The marriage with Memmius went sour as he started to develop a disdain for her former guardian Lucullus and his family, in the end it was Fausta who paid the price as he divorced her soon after. After this she went on to marryTitus Annius Milo.^[3]

She possibly cheated on Milo, as the historianSallust was prosecuted for adultery with her. However, unfaithfulness was common in Rome, and such a slight against good morals might have otherwise gone unrecorded had she, Milo and Sallust not all three been distinguished persons. The event seemingly did not dissuade her from further affairs, as a man named Villius was caught and beaten by Milo for having slept with Fausta.^[4]

Fausta appears as a major character in theSPQR series byJohn Maddox Roberts.

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