Cinna

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Cinna was a Roman patrician family of the gens Cornelia.

Prominent members of this family include:

• Lucius Cornelius Cinna - Roman consul in 127 BC
• Lucius Cornelius Cinna - Roman consul four consecutive times between 87 BC and 84 BC; his daughter, Cornelia Cinna minor married Julius Caesar
• Cornelia Cinna minor - the wife of Julius Caesar
• Lucius Cornelius Cinna - grandson of Lucius Cornelius Cinna and praetor until 44 BC; he was a conspirator against Julius Caesar
• Helvius Cinna - a poet murdered for having the same name as Lucius Cornelius Cinna during the riots following Caesar's assassination
• Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus - conspirator against Augustus Caesar in AD 4; he is the subject of Pierre Corneille's play Cinna

[edit] Other Uses

Cinna can also refer to the following:

• Cinna (genus) - a genus of grasses
• Cinna (play) - a tragedy by Pierre Corneille

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.