Cornelia
Family: Roman · Role: wife of Pompey · First appears: Pompey
After the death of Scipio Africanus, tiberiusfather married Cornelia, who bore him twelve children. When Ptolemy offered her his crown and marriage, she refused and chose widowhood instead; she was later described as the mother of Tiberius Gracchus and Caius Gracchus, and some charged her with contributing towards it.
After Sylla became master of Rome, he wished Caesar to put away Cornelia, the daughter of Cinna, the late sole ruler of the commonwealth. On Pompey’s return to the city, he married Cornelia, who had “lately left a widow by Publius, the son of Crassus, her first husband.” Pompey later crossed from Amphipolis to Mitylene intending to take in Cornelia and his son; when they met, Cornelia ran towards the seaside, where Pompey met and embraced her. Shortly afterward, Septimius, Salvius, and Achillas assassinated Pompey in Egypt.
Relationship record
Life events
- Septimius, Salvius, and Achillas assassinated Pompey after he sought refuge in Egypt.(Pompey)
- With: Pompey Septimius Salvius Achillas
- “Septimius first stabbed him from behind with his sword; and after him likewise Salvius and Achillas drew out their swords. He, therefore, taking up his gown with both hands, drew it over his face, and neither saying nor doing anything unworthy of himself, only groaning a little, endured the wounds they gave him, and so ended his life, in the fifty-ninth year of his age, the very next day after the day of his birth.”
- Tiberius (father) married Cornelia after Scipio Africanus's death.(Tiberius Gracchus)
- With: tiberiusfather Scipio Africanus
- “after the death of Scipio who overthrew Hannibal, he was thought worthy to match with his daughter Cornelia”
- Cornelia refused Ptolemy's crown and marriage proposal, choosing widowhood.(Tiberius Gracchus)
- With: Ptolemy
- “when king Ptolemy himself proffered her his crown, and would have married her, refused it, and chose rather to live a widow.”
Pompey
- married with Pompey “On his return into the city Pompey married Cornelia”
- married with Publius “lately left a widow by Publius, the son of Crassus, her first husband”
- friends with Pompey “Cornelia ... ran through the city towards the seaside, where Pompey meeting and embracing her”
- with Pompey (interaction) “Pompey, sailing by the city of Amphipolis, crossed over from thence to Mitylene, with a design to take in Cornelia and his son”
Caesar
- married with Caesar “After Sylla became master of Rome, he wished to make Caesar put away his wife Cornelia, daughter of Cinna”
- parent: Cinna “his wife Cornelia, daughter of Cinna, the late sole ruler of the commonwealth”
Tiberius Gracchus
- married with tiberiusfather “after the death of Scipio who overthrew Hannibal, he was thought worthy to match with his daughter Cornelia”
- married with Tiberius Gracchus “leaving behind him twelve children borne to him by Cornelia”
- child: Tiberius Gracchus “Some have also charged Cornelia, the mother of Tiberius, with contributing towards it”
- child: Caius Gracchus “Some have also charged Cornelia, the mother of Tiberius, with contributing towards it”
- admirer: Ptolemy “when king Ptolemy himself proffered her his crown, and would have married her, refused it”
- parent: Scipio Africanus “he was thought worthy to match with his daughter Cornelia”
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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.