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'''Cinna''' was a [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[patrician]] family of the ''[[gens]]'' [[Cornelius (gens)|Cornelia]].
Prominent members of this family include:
*Lucius Cornelius Cinna - Roman [[consul]] in [[127 BC]]
*[[Lucius Cornelius Cinna]] - Roman consul four consecutive times between [[87 BC]] and [[84 BC]]; his daughter, [[Cornelia Cinna minor]] married [[Julius Caesar]]
*[[Cornelia Cinna minor]] - the wife of [[Julius Caesar]]
* [[Lucius Cornelius Cinna (suffect consul 32 BC)|Lucius Cornelius Cinna]] - grandson of Lucius Cornelius Cinna and praetor until [[44 BC]]; he was a conspirator against [[Julius Caesar]]
*[[Helvius Cinna]] - a poet murdered for having the same name as Lucius Cornelius Cinna during the riots following Caesar's assassination
*[[Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus]] - conspirator against [[Augustus Caesar]] in [[4|AD 4]]; he is the subject of [[Pierre Corneille]]'s play ''[[Cinna (play)|Cinna]]''
==Other Uses==
Cinna can also refer to the following:
* [[Cinna (genus)]] - a genus of [[Poaceae|grasses]]
* [[Cinna (play)]] - a tragedy by [[Pierre Corneille]]
==References==
*{{1911}}
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