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  2. Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi) - Wikipedia

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    Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Noël Hallé (1779, Musée Fabre). It is important to note that M. I. Finely advances the argument that "the exclusion of women from any direct participation in political or governmental activity" [6] was a normal practice in Ancient Roman society.

  3. Gracchi brothers - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. File:Joseph-Benoît Suvée - Cornelia, madre dei Gracchi.JPG

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    Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, presenting her children and saying: "Here are my treasures" title QS:P1476,fr:"Cornélie, mère des Gracques, montre ses enfants, en disant: "Voici mes richesses et mes bijoux" "

  5. 'My family was murdered at Auschwitz. Her grandfather drove ...

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    Cornelia's mother used to speak of that achievement with pride, saying getting the job was "the chance of a lifetime". ... one of the triggers of World War Two. And in 1945, towards the end of the ...

  6. Haec ornamenta mea - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. File:Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Presents Her Children ...

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    Pietro Antonio Leone Bettelini after Vincenzo Camuccini, "Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Presents Her Children to a Capuana Woman," 1870/1909, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC

  8. Pride and Joy: Children's Portraits in the Netherlands, 1500 ...

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    Family Group as Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Showing Her Children – c.1635: Jan van Bijlert: 1635 Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans: MO1500 28 Portrait of Jacob (1627), Elisabeth (1629–1678) and Cornelia Francken (1633) Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp: 1635 Dordrechts Museum: 29 Portrait of Willem Van Loon (later mayor of Amsterdam), aged 2 1/2 ...

  9. Sempronia (sister of the Gracchi) - Wikipedia

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    Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to her Children as Her Treasures, by Angelica Kauffmann (1785, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) Sempronia (170 BC – after 101 BC) was a Roman noblewoman living in the Middle and Late Roman Republic, who was most famous as the sister of the ill-fated Tiberius Gracchus (died 133 BC) and Gaius Gracchus ...