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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.
Suetonius reports that Caesar and Cornelia were married in the consulate occurring after Caesar lost his father, which occurred in his sixteenth year. [1] In Suetonius' chronology, Caesar was born in 100 BC, placing the death of his father in 85 or 84.
The death of Caesar's daughter and Pompey's wife Julia in childbirth c. late August 54 did not create a rift between Caesar and Pompey. [124] [125] [126] At the start of 53 BC, Caesar sought and received reinforcements by recruitment and a private deal with Pompey before two years of largely unsuccessful campaigning against Gallic insurgents. [127]
Julia (c. 76 BC – August 54 BC) was the daughter of Julius Caesar and his first or second wife Cornelia, and his only child from his marriages. [1] Julia became the fourth wife of Pompey the Great and was renowned for her beauty and virtue.
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
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)
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.