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Did Julius Caesar have children with Pompeia?

Did Julius Caesar have children with Pompeia?

The couple had a daughter, Julia Caesaris, in 76 B.C. Cornelia died in 69 B.C., and in 67 B.C. Caesar married Pompeia, a granddaughter of Sulla.

Was Pompeii married to his daughter?

Julia became the fourth wife of Pompey the Great and was renowned for her beauty and virtue….This article’s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia.

Julia
Spouse(s) Pompey
Partner(s) Servilius Caepio
Children Pompeius/Pompeia

What happened to Pompeii’s children?

The remains of a Pompeii child have been found in the ruined construction site of the city’s central baths where they sought shelter from Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. The magnificent thermal baths had been intended to serve as the jewel in Pompeii’s crown, but were buried by the volcano before they could be completed.

Who is Julius Caesar’s wife?

Corneliam. 84 BC
Pompeiam. 67 BCCalpurniam. 59 BC–44 BC
Julius Caesar/Wife

Who was Caesar’s first wife Cornelia or Pompeia?

Caesar married Pompeia in 67 BC, after he had served as quaestor in Hispania, his first wife Cornelia having died in 69 BC. Caesar was the nephew of Gaius Marius, and Cornelia had been the daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna so that they were related to both the leaders of the losing populares side in the civil war of the 80s BC.

Who was the daughter of Caesar and Cornelia?

Julia (daughter of Caesar) This article’s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. Julia (c. 76 BC – 54 BC) was the daughter of Roman dictator Julius Caesar by his first or second wife Cornelia, and his only child from his marriages.

Who was Caesar’s wife and what did she do after divorce?

Nevertheless, Caesar divorced Pompeia, saying that “my wife ought not even to be under suspicion”. This gave rise to a proverb, sometimes expressed: “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion”. Nothing specific is known about her life after the divorce, but it has been proposed that she may have married Publius Vatinius.

When did Caesar become the Pontifex Maximus in Rome?

In 63 BC Caesar was elected to the position of the Pontifex Maximus, the chief priest of the Roman state religion, which came with an official residence on the Via Sacra. In 62 BC Pompeia hosted the festival of the Bona Dea (“good goddess”), which no man was permitted to attend, in this house.