CINNA  , a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman patrician See also:

• FAMILY

family of the gens See also:

• CORNELIA (end cent. Bc.)

Cornelia . The most prominent member was See also:

• LUCIUS

Lucius See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

CORNELIUS CINNA, a supporter of See also:

• MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

Marius in his contest with See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla . After serving in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with the See also:

• MARSI

Marsi as praetorian See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate, he was elected See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul in 87 B.C . Breaking the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath he had sworn to Sulla that he would not See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt any revolution in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, Cinna allied himself with Marius, raised an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of Italians, and took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Soon after his triumphant entry and the See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of the See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of Sulla, by which he had satisfied his vengeance, Marius died . L . See also:

• VALERIUS, PUBLIUS

Valerius See also:

• FLACCUS

Flaccus became Cinna's colleague, and on the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Flaccus, Cn . Papirius See also:

• CARBO

Carbo . In 84, however, Cinna, who was still consul, was forced to advance against Sulla; but while embarking his troops to meet him in See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly, he was killed in a See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny . His daughter Cornelia was the wife of See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar, the See also:

• DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)

dictator; but his son, L . CORNELIUS CINNA, See also:

• PRAETOR (Lat. prae-itor, " he who goes before," "a leader")

praetor in 44 B.c., nevertheless sided with the murderers of Caesar and publicly extolled their See also:

• ACTION

action . The See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of See also:

• CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606–1684)
• CORNEILLE, THOMAS (1625-1709)

Corneille's tragedy Cinna (164o) was Cn .