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Cornelia and her Children

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It is time for something ancient roman once again. la-caesar (roman)

Cornelia was born around 190 BC as the younger daughter of Scipio Africanus, the roman General who had defeated Hannibal. She was the first roman woman who had a statue dedicated to her, and is one of only four roman women of whom some writing survived. We know that she was very educated and interested in literature and art. The romans revered her as the ideal roman woman, and she and her Children where a very popular motive for paintings and statues in the 18th Century.

The most famous is this painting by Angelika Kauffmann

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And this statue by Jules Cavelier

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Now I will talk about her Children. From originally 12 Children only 3 survived Infancy.

Her oldest surviving child was her daughter Sempronia (about 18 years old in this picture). She was married to Scipio Aemilianus, the roman general, who finally destroyed Carthage. The marriage was not really happy; they disagreed about a lot of things, but the breaking point for Sempronia came when Scipio publically approved of the murder of her younger brother Tiberius. It is rumored that Sempronia murdered Scipio because of this.

Cornelia’s second oldest child was her son Tiberius. The plebeian Tribune of 133 BC - he was one of the most influential and complicated figures in roman History. And to this day no one knows exactly what he was actually up to…  whatever it was his actions not only lead to his death but also ignited the roman civil war and lead to the destruction of the roman republic. I am going to talk in detail about him later.

And the youngest child Gaius. He was elected plebeian Tribune in 121 BC and was known to be one of the best orators in Rome. He proposed many social and economic reforms, both continuing and expanding the political program of his brother. In the end it did not do him the best either. He was forced to commit suicide.

There will be more on roman History coming from me in the future. ;)

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Pas mal. Pas mal du tout même. ^^