person
Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus
Cinna
Grandson of Pompey the Great; pardoned by Augustus for a conspiracy and afterward raised to the consulship of AD 5 — Seneca's example (told at length in De Clementia) of a man advanced through clemency owed to his lineage. Distinct from the Marian L. Cornelius Cinna.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §4.30.2 Cinna
Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus, grandson of Pompey the Great, pardoned by Augustus for conspiracy and afterward made consul — the story Seneca tells at length in De Clementia.