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Cornelia is born the youngest daughter of Scipio Africanus, hero of the Second Punic War. | |
Marries husband Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, a highly esteemed senator. | |
Bears twelve children. Only three live to adulthood. (Tiberius, Caius, and daughter Sempronia.) | |
Husband Sempronius Gracchus dies. Cornelia does not remarry, but remains faithful to his memory. | |
Son Tiberius is elected Tribune, and murdered for his efforts at reforming land laws. | |
Son Caius dies in an uprising orchestrated by his enemies in the Senate. | |
At the death of Cornelia, the Roman population built a statue to her honor. |
Cornelia's Jewels in | Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin |
Noble Brothers in | Tales of the Romans: The Children's Plutarch by F. J. Gould |
Jewels of Cornelia in | The Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber |
Gracchi in | Famous Men of Rome by John H. Haaren & A. B. Poland |
Tiberius Gracchus in | Our Young Folks' Plutarch by Rosalie Kaufman |
Cornelia, the Mother of the Gracchi in | The Story of Rome by Mary Macgregor |
Gracchi and Their Fall in | Historical Tales: Roman by Charles Morris |
Cornelia in | Plutarch's Lives W. H. Weston by |
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![]() The young Gracchi and their mother Cornelia in Augustus—His Life and Work |
![]() Cornelia and her jewels in Famous Men of Rome |
![]() Cornelia and her Sons in the Streets of Rome in Greatest Nations - Rome |
Promoted Land Reform and fought for people's rights. Murdered by senators. | |
Continued reforms of his brother, but was undermined by the senate. | |
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus | Husband of Cornelia; very highly regarded statesman. Commander in Hispania. |