Cornelia

(kôrnēl`yə), fl. 2d cent. B.C., Roman matron, daughter of Scipio Africanus Major. She was the wife of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and mother of the GracchiGracchi
, two Roman statesmen and social reformers, sons of the consul Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and of Cornelia. The brothers were brought up with great care by their mother. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, d.133 B.C., the elder of the Gracchi, fought at Carthage (146 B.
..... Click the link for more information. . She refused to remarry after her husband's death, devoting herself to her children, whom she educated well and inspired with a sense of civic duty and a desire for glory. When a wealthy patrician woman spoke of her jewels, Cornelia pointed to her two sons, saying, "These are my jewels!" Whether she supported the revolutionary tendencies of her sons or tempered them is debated by historians.

Cornelia

indicates that two sons are her jewels. [Rom. Hist.: Hall, 75]

See: Love, Maternal

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You saved us," Cornelia smiled, wiping her eyes, "you and those branches .

A Long Night (Part 2)

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"La postura del hijo"

I've got my Cornelia head on," she explains wearing an Ivana Trumpstyle beehive, full-stage make-up, navy vest and blue jeans.

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The Frankfurt Book Fair's Cornelia Helle — who is at the Riyadh Fair — shared some of her photos.

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The 60-something Cornelia is plucked from the audience and informed that her son Barbu is in police custody, having killed a 14-year-old boy in a car accident.

Insincere enough to be believable

CORNELIA PARKER provides a catalog of the artistic and poetic works of British artist Parker, who works primarily in sculpture and installation.