Cornelia Ewigleben (born 1954) is a German archaeologist and museum director.

She also edited a book on the politics of the Roman games (Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome).

[1] In March 2020, she stepped down from her role at the museum,[3] and was replaced by the sociologist Astrid Pellengahr [de].

[5] In 2000, Ewigleben and the German archaeologist Eckart Köhne [de] published a conference volume on the politics of the Roman games.

The book (Caesaren und Gladiatoren: die Macht der Unterhaltung im antiken Rom) was translated into English as Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome.