Also known as Cornelia Minor Africana, Cornelia Africana, Cornelia Africana Minor, Cornelia Minor
2nd century BC Roman noblewoman, mother of the Gracchi
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Cornelia pushes away Ptolemy's crown, by Laurent de La Hyre
Cornelia (c. 190s – c. 115 BC) was the second daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a Roman general prominent in the Second Punic War, and Aemilia Paulla. Although drawing similarities to prototypical examples of virtuous Roman women, such as Lucretia, Cornelia puts herself apart from the rest because of her interest in literature, writing, and her investment in the political careers of her sons. She was the mother of the Gracchi brothers, and the mother-in-law of Scipio Aemilianus.
There are at least three artists with the name Cornelia, the South African singer Cornelia Moller, the Swedish singer Cornelia Dahlgren, and the singer-songwriter Cornelia based in San Francisco. Although born in Hamburg, Germany, Cornelia Moller came to South Africa at the age of 3. She had a huge hit in 1968 in South Africa with 'Picking Up Pebbles'. Cornelia Dahlgren: 'Oxygen is my friend. Without her, you could say I just wouldn't be. My song... our song, that you hear - it’s a relationsh
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