"[[w:Haec ornamenta mea|Haec ... ornamenta [sunt] mea]]."
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Quoted by Valerius Maximus, bk. 4, 4, incipit, relating an anecdote which has often been cited. A Campanian lady, who was at the time on a visit to her, having displayed to Cornelia some very beautiful ornaments which she possessed, desired the latter, in return, to exhibit her own. The Roman mother purposely detained her in conversation until her children returned from school, when, pointing to them, she said this famous locution: also commonly translated as "Here are my jewels." Reported in Ma
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Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi)
Cornelia (c. 190s – c. 115 BC) was the second daughter of , a Roman general prominent in the , and . Although drawing similarities to prototypical examples of virtuous Roman women, such as , Cornelia puts herself apart from the rest because of her interest in literature, writing, and her investment in the political careers of her sons. She was the mother of the , and the mother-in-law of .
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