Gaia Cornelia Supera (died after 253 AD) was the

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and the wife of

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Aemilian Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus ( – September 253), also known as Aemilian, was Roman emperor for two months in 253. Commander of the Moesian troops, he obtained an important victory against the invading Goths and was, for this reason, acclaimed ...

. Nothing is known about her life, except from

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evidence. Her full name on the coins is C IACORNEL ASVPERA AVG STA/small>, or alternatively CORNEL ASVPERA AVG STA/small> or COR ELIASVPERA AV VSTA/small>. Her coins are extremely rare. Her name and monuments were condemned after Valerian was hailed as emperor in October of 253.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Supera, Cornelia 3rd-century Roman empresses Crisis of the Third Century Cornelii Augustae