Orestilla
Orestilla, ae, f.,
- a female surname in the gens Aurelia; esp. Aurelia Orestilla, wife of Catiline, Sall. C. 15, 2; 35, 3; 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 7, 2.
Orestilla, (14) æ, f. , surnom de f. dans la gens Aurélia : Sall. C. 15, 2 ; 35, 3 ; Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 7, 2.
Orestilla , Aure'lia
[Aurelia.]
Orestilla , Li'via
called Cornelia Orestina by Dio Cassius, was the second wife of Caligula, whom he married in A. D. 37. He carried her away on the day of her marriage to Piso, having been invited to the nuptial banquet, but divorced her before two months had elapsed, and banished her and Piso. (Suet. Cal. 25; D. C. 59.8.)
Orestilla , Aurelia
The wife of Catiline. As she objected to marrying him because he had a grown son, he is said to have killed the young man in order to secure her favour.