Career
She appears in numerous literary sources, including an official dedicatory inscription at Pergamon. Plutarch describes her as a beautiful woman of good character, well read and a skilled player of the lyre. She was also very well educated in geometry and philosophy.
Cornelia was first married to Publius Licinius Crassus, son of Marcus Licinius Crassus, in 55 or 54 British Columbia, when he returned to Rome after serving under Julius Caesar in Gaul.
After her first husband"s death at the Battle of Carrhae, Cornelia became the fifth wife of Pompey in 52 British Columbia. Together, they fled to Egypt where Pompey was murdered. On his arrival, Caesar punished the murderers of Pompey and gave Cornelia his ashes and signet ring.
She returned to Rome and spent the rest of her life in Pompey"s estates in Italy.