CORMASA, cor'-nuis-a, a town of Pamphylia. CORMUS, car'-nzus, a river of Assyria. CORNELIA cor-ne'-lt-a. I. Daughter of Cinna, was the first wife of Julius Caesar. 2. Daughter of Metellus Scipio, married P. Cras pus, and, after his death, Pompey : she has been praised for her virtues. 3. Daughter of Scipio Africanus, was The Mother of The Gracchi (Tib. and C.) by Semproaius Gracchus, and commended for her virtues. When a Campanian lady once displayed to her jewels, Cornelia produced her two sons as her best jewels. Some of her epistles are ex tant. During her lifetime a statue was raised to her, with the inscription, Cornelia uzie ter Graz. chi4.runr. 4. LEX, lex, de civitate by Sulla, 84 B.c. ; confirmed the SuOicle, and required that the citizens of the eight newly created, should be distributed ianong the thirty-five ancient tribes. 5. De judielis, by the same, 81 B.C., that the praitors should observe the same methods of judicial procedure. 6. De s weep (thus, by the same, limited funeral expenses. 7. De religione, by the same, 77 B.C., abro gated the Damara, and restored to the sacred colleges the right of co-optation. 8. De munieilirs, by the same, took away all their privileges from the towns that had supported Marius and Cinna. g. De nargistratibus, by the same, suspended the Lex -Anneals in favour of his own young adherents, and made the sons of his enemies ineligible for office. so. Another de nzagistratibus, by the same, 81 B.C., that no one should hold the same office twice within ten years, or two offices in one year. rt. De may estate (treason), by the same, 84 B.C., punished with aqua et ignis interdictio the sending troops out of a province, or engaging in war without orders, influencing the soldiers to spare or ransom a captive geiraal of the enemy, sparing the leaders of robbers or pirates, or being present at a foreign court without leave. 12. Another, by the same,
gave a man accused of murder or arson the right of choosing whether the jurors should vote openly or by ballot. 23. Another, by the same, inflicted aqua et ignis interdictio on those guilty of forgery, perjury, or debasing the coinage. 14. The De pa-mils re,Oetunefis assigned the same punishment on those guilty of extortion or embezzlement in the provinces. 15. Another, by the same, allowed provincial governors to retain their command without a renewal of it by the senate. 16. Another, by the same, confiscated the lands of the pro scribed. x7. By the tribune C. Cornelius, 63 B.c., that no ierson should be exempted from any law according to the general custom, unless zoo members were present in the Senate, and that an appeal might be taken to the people. r8. By Scipio Nasica, 572 B.C., declaring war against King Perseus, son of Philip, of Mace donia, unless satisfaction were given. CORNELIUS, COr-a-a-14.S. I. C., a sooth sayer of Padiia, foretold the battle of Phar salia. 2. DOLAISELLA, friend and admirer of Cleopatra. 3. CN., colleague with Marcelius in the consulship, 222 B.C. 4. Cossus, cod-sus, military tribune during the suspension of the consulship, offered Jupiter the second spolia ojeima, 428 B.C. 5. BALBUS, bal'-bas, a native of Gades, was ably defended by Cicero when accused. 6. Master of the horse under dictator Camillus. 7. L. MERULA, mir'-a-la, consul 193 B.C., sent against the Boii, killed 14,000. His grandson, L., supported Sulla, and killed himself when Marius entered Rome, 87 s.c. 8. SEVERUS, Si-Ve'-rilS, an epic poet, temp. Augustus, wrote poems on Mount .1Etna and death of Cicero. 9. AURELIUS CEL SUS, au-re'-li-us cel'-sus, wrote eight (extant) books on medicine. ro. See SCIPIO and NEPOS. CORNIGER, (horn-bearing), Bac chus (q. v.).