Cornelia

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In Ancient Rome, Cornelia was the name of the women born in all the branches of the Cornelii family. Women's names were their father's gens and cognomen declined in the female form. Famous Cornelias include:

• Cornelia Africana, mother of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
• Cornelia Cinna minor, wife of Julius Caesar
• Cornelia Metella, wife of Pompey
• Cornelia Scipio, daughter to Scribonia and Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito
• Cornelia Sulla, daughter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Other Cornelias:

• Cornelia Hale, from W.I.T.C.H.
• Cornelia Dahlgren, artist known as Cornelia.

Places named Cornelia include:

• Cornelia, Free State is a town in South Africa
• Cornelia, Georgia, a community in the USA state of Georgia.