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CORNELIA: MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI
Book • 2007
Suzanne Dixon's study analyzes Cornelia, daughter of Scipio Africanus and mother of the revolutionary Gracchi brothers, as a paradigm of Roman aristocratic womanhood.
The work explores how Cornelia navigated political turmoil through her roles as patrician daughter, statesman's widow, and mother of reformers, while examining her cultural legacy as a symbol of maternal devotion and intellectual refinement in Roman historiography.
The work explores how Cornelia navigated political turmoil through her roles as patrician daughter, statesman's widow, and mother of reformers, while examining her cultural legacy as a symbol of maternal devotion and intellectual refinement in Roman historiography.
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The Gracchi
Mentioned as a biography of Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi brothers.
The Gracchi
