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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.
Pompeia (fl. 1st century BC) was either the second or third [i] wife of Julius Caesar. Pompeia's parents were Quintus Pompeius Rufus, a son of a former consul, and Cornelia, the daughter of the Roman dictator Sulla. Caesar married Pompeia in 67 BC, [1] after he had served as quaestor in Hispania, his first wife Cornelia having died in 69 BC.
Gaius Marius, Caesar's uncle and the husband of Caesar's aunt Julia.He was an enemy of Sulla and took the city with Lucius Cornelius Cinna in 87 BC. Gaius Julius Caesar was born into a patrician family, the gens Julia, on 12 July 100 BC. [5]
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. Cossutia (disputed) Cornelia; Pompeia; Calpurnia; Works. Caesar's Wife, a play; Other
By his wife, Annia, Cinna had two daughters, conventionally known as Cornelia Major, who married Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, and Cornelia Minor, the wife of Caesar. [4] The designations Major and Minor were not really part of their names, but were used to distinguish between sisters, who bore the same nomen.
Julia (c. 76–54 BC) was Julius Caesar's only legitimate child to survive to adulthood. Her marriage to Caesar's ally Pompeius was an important familial link within the First Triumvirate, and her death in childbirth in 54 BC was one of the events that led to the unraveling of the alliance.
Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar's wives (4 C) P. Pompeia (wife of Caesar) (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Wives of Julius Caesar" ... Calpurnia (wife of Caesar)