Cornelia
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2nd century BC Roman noblewoman, mother of the Gracchi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Ancient Rome
- Child
- Gaius Gracchus
- Father
- Scipio Africanus
- Mother
- Aemilia Tertia
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Family
- Cornelii Scipiones
- Image
- Ca' Rezzonico - Cornelia madre dei Gracchi (Inv.039) - Alessandro Varotari.jpg
- Number of children
- 12
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- date of birth
- 0190-00-00
- date of death
- 0110-01-01
- social classification
- nobiles
- Commons category
- Cornelia Africana
- name in native language
- Cornelia
- gens
- Cornelia gens
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- writing language
- Latin
- present in work
- The Divine Comedy
- different from
- Cornelia Africana Major
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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