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Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Joseph-Benoît Suvée (1795, Louvre) The manuscripts of Cornelius Nepos, the earliest Latin biographer (ca. 110-24 BC), include several excerpts from a letter supposedly composed by Cornelia to Gaius (her younger son). If the letters are authentic, they would make Cornelia one of only four Roman women whose ...
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Noël Hallé (1779, Musée Fabre). Haec ornamenta mea is a Latin phrase meaning "These are my jewels" or "These are my ornaments". The expression is attributed to Cornelia Africana (c. 190 – c. 100 BC) by Valerius Maximus in his Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX, IV, 4, incipit, [1] [2] [3] where he related an anecdote demonstrating Cornelia's ...
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, presenting her children and saying: "Here are my treasures" media type. image/jpeg. File history. Click on a date/time to view the ...
Gracchan claims of Italian rural depopulation also are contradicted by archaeological evidence. The impact of the violent reaction to the two brothers, however, is of substantial import: it set a dangerous precedent that violence was an acceptable tool against political enemies. [6] The Gracchi exerted a substantial influence on later politics.
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They are caring for Sextus, a boy whose mother died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii, and whose father is away in the army, stationed in Asia Minor. [5] Gaius is told that he must return to Rome immediately, due to a session of the Senate being called by the emperor. The carriage the family is traveling in crashes in a ditch, where ...
72. Boys: Less drama than girls. But harder to keep alive. 73. A boy-mom win is sitting on the toilet and it not being covered in pee. 74. 50% of raising boys is trying to get them to wear pants ...
48 Mother-Son Quotes That Embody Love Here are some of the most notable and memorable things famous sons — whether they're writers, presidents or athletes — have said about their moms: