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Calpurnia is peculiarly absent in Octavian propaganda, which has been regarded by historians as somewhat mysterious. [30] The only later attestation to her is an inscription by a freedwoman named Anthis which states "She was the wife of Caesar, the great divinity" which puts its dating to at least 42 BC when Caesar was deified. [28] [31]
Aunt Alexandra initially despised Calpurnia because Alexandra believed that Calpurnia was not a "maternal figure" for Jem and Scout, especially for Scout, but later develops some respect for her. Calpurnia is a member of the First Purchase M.E. African Church in Maycomb.
Cultural depictions of Calpurnia (wife of Caesar) (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Calpurnia (wife of Caesar)" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Calpurnia (wife of Caesar)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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]
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (101 BC [1] – c. 43 BC) was a Roman senator and the father-in-law of Julius Caesar [2] through his daughter Calpurnia.He was reportedly a follower of a school of Epicureanism that had been modified to befit politicians, as Epicureanism itself favoured withdrawal from politics. [3]
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 ...
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