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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.
Calpurnia (wife of Caesar), last wife of Roman dictator Julius Caesar; Calpurnia (wife of Pliny), third and last wife of Pliny the Younger and granddaughter of Calpurnius Fabatus; Lex Acilia Calpurnia (67 BC), a severe law against political corruption; Lex Calpurnia (149 BC), a law that established a permanent extortion court
The French author Marie-Nicolas Bouillet lists Cossutia first, then Cornelia, Pompeia, and Calpurnia, as wives of Caesar. The ancient historian Plutarch largely ignores Cossutia, [7] but names her as one of Caesar's wives. [8] Suetonius also used the word for an official divorce when describing the separation. [9] [10]
Caesar's wife can refer to: Any of the wives of Julius Caesar ... Pompeia; Calpurnia; Works. Caesar's Wife, a play; Other. Caesar's wife must be above suspicion ...
The wife of Julius Caesar, she is seen in "Stealing from Saturn", "The Ram has Touched the Wall", "Kalends of February" and "Passover". In Shakespeare's and Plutarch's version, it is Calpurnia's dreams that almost stop Caesar on the Ides of March, alluded to by the flock of birds in the shape of a skull in "Kalends of February". Cassius: Guy Henry
The wives of Roman dictator Julius Caesar (100-44 BC). Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. C. ... Calpurnia (wife of Caesar)
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El sueño de Calpurnia (Calpurnia's Dream, also called Calpurnia, the wife of Julius Caesar) [1] is a 1861 painting by Luis Álvarez Catalá which depicts the nightmare Calpurnia had the night before the death of her husband Julius Caesar. The work won Álvarez a Gold Medal at the first National Exposition of Florence and a second place at the ...