Cinna, Lucius Cornelius d.84BC
Roman politician

He supported Gaius Marius. Sulla, after driving Marius from Rome, and before setting out against Mithridates VI, allowed Cinna to be elected consul on his swearing not to disturb the existing constitution. No sooner, however, had he entered office (87BC) than he impeached Sulla, and agitated for Marius' recall. Cinna and Marius declared themselves consuls after a cruel massacre, but Marius died a few days later, and Cinna was killed by his own disaffected troops in 84. During his fourth consulate his daughter Cornelia had been married to Julius Caesar.