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In the past it was commonly accepted that Caesar and Cossutia were married, but more recent opinions differ. Among those arguing that Caesar was never married to Cossutia are Ludwig Friedrich Otto Baumgarten-Crusius, Napoleon III, Charles Merivale, James Anthony Froude, Theodore Ayrault Dodge, William Warde Fowler, Ernest Gottlieb Sihler, Adolf von Mess [], and John Carew Rolfe. [4]
All are treated in some length in his Life of Pompey, though he also included details of Pompey's divorce from Antistia in the Life of Sulla, [13] and aspects of the life and marriage of Julia are treated in the Life of Caesar. Plutarch was born c. 46 CE, approximately 130 years after the events he describes. [14]
By the time of Cicero and Julius Caesar, divorce was relatively common and "shame-free", the subject of gossip rather than a social disgrace. [47] Valerius says that Lucius Annius was disapproved of because he divorced his wife without consulting his friends; [ 48 ] that is, he undertook the action for his purposes and without considering its ...
Calpurnia was either the third or fourth wife of Julius Caesar, and the one to whom he was married at the time of his assassination.According to contemporary sources, she was a good and faithful wife, in spite of her husband's infidelity; and, forewarned of the attempt on his life, she endeavored in vain to prevent his murder.
Gaius Julius Caesar [a] (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.
By the time of Cicero and Julius Caesar, divorce was relatively common and "shame-free", the subject of gossip rather than a social disgrace. [71] Valerius says that Lucius Annius was disapproved of because he divorced his wife without consulting his friends; that is, he undertook the action for his own purposes and without considering its ...
Publius Cornelius Dolabella (c. 85/69 – 43 BC, also known by his adoptive name Lentulus) [5] was a Roman politician and general under the dictator Julius Caesar.He was by far the most important of the patrician Cornelii Dolabellae [6] but he arranged for himself to be adopted into the plebeian Cornelii Lentuli so that he could become a plebeian tribune. [7]
Julia's marriage to her stepbrother had become a disaster and she was desperate to divorce him, and Iullus was open to satisfy her desires. Tiberius had left Rome in 8 BC leaving behind Julia and her five children by Agrippa, Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar, Julia the Younger, Agrippina the Elder, and Agrippa Postumus. Julia felt that her children ...