Tiberius and Caius Gracchus

Cornelia took charge of the children and of the estate, and showed herself so discreet, so good a mother, and so magnanimous, that Tiberius was thought to have made no bad decision when he elected to die instead of such a woman. For when Ptolemy[*](Probably Ptolemy VI., surnamed Philometor, king of Egypt 181-146 B.C.) the king offered to share his crown with her and sought her hand in marriage, she refused him, and remained a widow.