Calpurnia (1), wife of Julius Caesar

Guy Edward Farquhar Chilver; Robin Seager

doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.1294

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Calpurnia(1)

, wife of Julius Caesar

Calpurnia(1)

, wife of Julius Caesar

Guy Edward Farquhar Chilver
, and Robin Seager

https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.1294
Published online: 22 December 2015

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(RE ‘Calpurnius’ 126), daughter of L. *Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, married *Caesar in 59 bce, cementing an alliance between her husband and father. Though Caesar was prepared to divorce her to marry *Pompey's daughter in 53, her affection for him was great, and she attempted to keep him from the senate on the Ides of March (Plut. Caes.

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