Faustus Cornelius Sulla Lucullus III

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Faustus Cornelius Sulla Lucullus III was a son of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Faustus, who was a descendant of the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Aemilia Lepida. Faustus and his brother Lucius Cornelius Sulla Magnus were senators who lived in Emperor Tiberius' reign. Faustus was suffect consul in 31.

In 21, Faustus married Domitia Lepida. She was a child of Antonia Major to consul Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC), a great niece of Emperor Augustus and a granddaughter to Octavia Minor and Triumvir Mark Antony.

Domitia Lepida bore Faustus a son called Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix (22-62), who later married Claudia Antonia, a daughter of Roman Emperor Claudius. His stepdaughter would be future Roman Empress Valeria Messalina. Faustus died of uncertain causes around 40.