CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ptolemy Viii Physcon, Jus Trium Liberorum, Pro Caelio
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191/190-100 bc: daughter of scipio africanus (conquerer of hannibal in 202 bc) Supposed letters to her son: widespread consensus that these letters are not written by her, but it is significant that sources portray her asa woman who is eloquent, educated and gave a splendid education to her sons. Lecture 11 - historical women ii: clodia, livia, roman empresses. Put up in reference to augustus sister"s motherhood. She is always represented as mother of gracchi - defined by her motherhood. Plutarch: tiberius finds two snakes in his bed-chamber, this is a bad omen, whichever snake he kills results in death (male snake = his death; female snake = her death, he kills male so she lives on. Valerius maximus: a woman shows off her jewels to cornelia, when her children come home from school, cornelia said these are my jewels . Plutarch: her daughter was married to scipio aemlinus.
