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Cornelius (gens)

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    Cornelius (gens)

    Cornelius (fem. Cornelia, masc. plural Cornelii) was the nomen of the patrician gens Cornelia, one of the most important gentes, or families, of Ancient Rome. The origins of the family, or clan, are unknown; however, the nomina of the clans, which are names of noble individuals of only one name, date to the Roman kingdom.
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    Cornelia (gens)

    The gens Cornelia was one of the most distinguished Roman gentes, and produced a greater number of illustrious men than any other house at Rome. The first of this gens to achieve the consulship was Servius Cornelius Cossus Maluginensis, who held that office in 485 BC.
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    Lucius Cornelius Cinna (suffect consul 32 BC)

    Lucius Cornelius Cinna (flourished 1st century BC) was the son of the consul Lucius Cornelius Cinna, who was a supporter of politician Gaius Marius. ... Cinna was a member of the Cornelius (gens), who were of patrician status.
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    Cornelius

    Cornelius is a Roman family name and a masculine given name. ... Cornelius (fem. Cornelia), the nomen of the patrician gens Cornelia, one of the important families of Ancient Rome
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    Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum

    Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum (d. 141 BC) was a Roman statesman and member of the gens Cornelia. Corculum was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica (himself consul in 191 BC), and was thus a first cousin once removed of the Roman general Scipio Africanus.
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    Cinna

    Cinna was a cognomen that distinguished a patrician branch of the gens Cornelia, particularly in the late Roman Republic. ... Lucius Cornelius Cinna, consul in 127 BC.
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    Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio (consul 138 BC)

    Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio (c. 183 BC – 132 BC Pergamum, Asia Minor), the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum and his wife Cornelia Africana Major, was a member of the gens Cornelia and a politician of the ancient Roman Republic. He was consul in 138 BC.
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    Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus

    Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus of the Scipiones branch of the gens Cornelia, was a Roman politician. Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus was the son of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispallus.
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    Publius Cornelius Scipio (prosopography)

    The name Publius Cornelius Scipio was regularly, though not always, given by the Scipio branch of the gens Cornelia to the eldest son in each generation. At first most of the Scipios who became consuls were not named Publius, probably because the eldest son rarely survived to adulthood.
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    Antonia (gens)

    The gens Antonia was a Roman family of great antiquity, with both patrician and plebeian branches. ... ↑ Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Historiae i. 87, ii. 12.

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