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Cinna (Praetor)
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Praetor in 44 B.C., nevertheless sided with the murderers of Caesar and publicly extolled their action.
The hero of Corneille's tragedy Cinna (1640) was Cn. Cornelius Cinna, surnamed Magnus (after his maternal grandfather Pompey), who was magnanimously pardoned by Augustus for conspiring against him.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cinna (Praetor)'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cinna-praetor.html. 1910.