marriage to Dolabella was going badly as his infidelity and neglect of her became more prominent. Cicero avoids blaming Terentia for making the match in the first place (despite Cicero's misgivings at the time), but it is clear that he wishes the decision had been made differently. Despite the lack of affectionate feelings and the growing resentment and suspicion of Terentia, Cicero continued to trust her with the administration of their household. The strain on their marriage led to divorce in 47 or 46 BC. Terentia was around 52 years old at the time. According to Hieronymus Stridonensis, Terentia later remarried two times, her second husband being the historian Sallust and her third the writer and general Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus. But Hieronymus lived much later, in the fourth century AD, and his assertions are not confirmed by any other ancient writer. Prominent scholars of Roman prosopography such as Ronald Syme refute the possibility of those two marriages (for instance, both actual wives of Messala Corvinus are known). She outlived her ex-husband by many years, dying at the age of 103 in 6 AD. Susan Treggiari has pointed out that the later historian may have confused Terentia with Cicero's second wife Publilia. Notes References Treggiari, Susan. Terentia, Tullia and Publilia: The Women of Cicero's Family. New York: Routledge, 2007. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Letters to Atticus. Trans. E.O. Winstedt.Vol.2. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1912. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Letters to His Friends. Ed. & Trans. D.R. Shakleton Bailey.Vol.1&2. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2001. Salisbury, Joyce E. Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Abc-Clio, 2001 Lightman, Marjorie, and Benjamin Lightman. Biographical dictionary of ancient Greek and Roman women: notable women from Sappho to Helena. New York: Facts On File, 2000. Burns, Mary S.R., et al. "Chapter 17. Coolness towards Terentia." Introducing Cicero: A selection of passages from the writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2002. 98 BC births AD 6 deaths 1st-century BC Roman women 1st-century BC Romans 1st-century Roman women Ancient Roman centenarians Terentii Women centenarians Ancient landowners Ancient businesswomen Ancient Roman businesspeople