Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi)

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Roman matron historical figure woman

Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, was a renowned Roman matron celebrated for her virtue, education, and influential role in shaping the political careers of her reformist sons Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Women of the Roman Republic	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman matron ⓘ historical figure ⓘ woman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cornelia Africana NERFINISHED ⓘ
anecdote	famously pointed to her sons as her jewels in a moral exemplum ⓘ
associatedWith	Gaius Gracchus NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman agrarian reform movement ⓘ Scipionic Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiberius Gracchus NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Rome ⓘ
burialPlace	Rome (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Republic ⓘ
culture	Ancient Roman ⓘ
education	highly educated for a Roman woman of her time ⓘ
father	Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit	mid-2nd century BC ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
historicalSource	Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerius Maximus NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Gaius Gracchus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiberius Gracchus NERFINISHED ⓘ later Roman ideals of motherhood ⓘ
knownFor	being the mother of the Gracchi brothers ⓘ correspondence with leading intellectuals of her time ⓘ education and literary culture ⓘ exemplary Roman matronly virtue ⓘ influencing the political ideals of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
literaryReputation	letters attributed to her were admired in antiquity ⓘ
memberOf	gens Cornelia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Aemilia Paulla NERFINISHED ⓘ
motherOf	Gaius Gracchus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sempronia (daughter of Cornelia) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiberius Gracchus NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Cornelia NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedAs	symbol of maternal virtue in Roman art and literature ⓘ
posthumousReputation	celebrated in Roman moral exempla literature ⓘ model of the ideal Roman matron ⓘ
religion	Roman polytheism ⓘ
residence	Rome ⓘ
sibling	Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass	Roman nobility ⓘ patrician ⓘ
spouse	Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (the elder) NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	2nd century BC ⓘ
virtue	chastity ⓘ devotion to family ⓘ frugality ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

gens Cornelia → hasMember → Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi) ⓘ

Pomponia → historicalCategory → Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Women of the Roman Republic