Cornelia

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 Sulla, daughter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla
• Cornelia, Free State is a town in South Africa

See also: Cornelia, Ancient Rome, Cinna, Cornelia, Free State, Cornelia Africana, Cornelia Metella, Cornelia Sulla, Gracchi, Julius Caesar, Lucius Cornelius Sulla