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Pomponia
(291 words)

[German version]

[1] Mother of P. Cornelius [I 71] Scipio Africanus

Mother of P. Cornelius [I 71] Scipio Africanus, whom she (according to Liv. 26,19,6; Gell. 6,1,1-4) is supposed (in imitation of the history of the birth of Alexander [4] the Great) to have conceived with a snake (=Jupiter). He is also supposed to have given her an account of a dream of his, that he and his elder brother Lucius would take office as aedi…

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Strothmann, Meret (Bochum), “Pomponia”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1003540>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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