person
Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus
Lucius Cinna
also: L. Cinna, Cinna
Grandson of Pompey the Great, a conspirator against Augustus whom the emperor, on Livia's advice, pardoned and later raised to the consulship (AD 5); the centerpiece exemplum of Book I.
Reading notes
- On Mercy §1.9 Lucius Cinna
Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus, grandson of Pompey, whose plot against Augustus the emperor forgave on Livia's advice and rewarded with the consulship — the long centerpiece exemplum of mercy's power to secure a throne.