Cornelia (wife of Calvisius)
Cornelia († 39 ) was a Roman noblewoman from the Cornelier family .
Life
Cornelia married the consul of AD 26, Gaius Calvisius Sabinus , and accompanied her husband when he became governor of Pannonia . She put on soldiers' clothes and inspected the Roman military camps. She is said to have had a relationship with the military tribune Titus Vinius . When she returned home to Rome, she had to answer for this in 39 AD; however, she and her husband committed suicide.
literature
- Edmund Groag: Cornelius 424) . In: Paulys real encyclopedia of classical antiquity . Vol. IV, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 1598.
Remarks
- ↑ Tacitus , Historien 1, 48, 2; Plutarch , Galba 12 ; Cassius Dio 59, 18, 4.
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| SURNAME | Cornelia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of Gaius Calvisius Sabinus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 39 |