Podcasts History Emperors of Rome Episode CXXVIII - Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi (Gracchi I)

Episode CXXVIII - Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi (Gracchi I)

Published: Oct. 8, 2019, 6:24 a.m.

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What we do know about Cornelia is mostly through the lens of her famous sons, but to the Romans she was much more than that. She was put on a pedestal, in bronze, no less, as the ideal mother for Romans to aspire to, and may have been quite influential in politics at the time.

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Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

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