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Shortly after the death of Julia in 54 BCE, Caesar offered for his great-niece, Octavia the Younger, who was presently married to the ex-consul Gaius Claudius Marcellus, as a new wife for Pompey. [80] The couple were, however, reluctant to divorce, [81] and Pompey at any rate turned down the proposal. [80] Cornelia was born around 73 BCE. [82]
Antistia (fl. 86–82 BCE) was a Roman woman and the first of the five wives of Gnaeus Pompeius, later known as Pompey the Great. Little is known of Antistia outside her marriage to Pompey. She was promised to Pompey in marriage by her father, the lawyer, orator and senator Publius Antistius , in 86 BCE, while Antistius was presiding over the ...
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Latin: [ˈŋnae̯ʊs pɔmˈpɛjjʊs ˈmaŋnʊs]; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey (/ ˈ p ɒ m p i / POM-pee) or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. He played a significant role in the transformation of Rome from republic to empire.
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.
Pompeius Cn. l. Vindullus, a freedman of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. He died at Laodicea in 50 BC. [18] Pompeia, the wife of Publius Vatinius, tribune of the plebs in 59 BC. Cicero mentions her in a letter from 45. [19] Gnaeus Pompeius, served under Caesar's legate, Quintus Titurius, in 54 BC, during the Gallic Wars. [20]
Landing on the shore, Pompey was murdered with Cornelia watching from the ship. [5] After Pompey's death, she fled to Cyprus with Sextus and afterwards returned to Italy with Caesar's permission to bury Pompey's ashes on his Alban estate. [6] Plutarch described her as a beautiful woman of good character, well read, and a skilled player of the ...
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (died AD 47) was a noble Roman who lived during the 1st century. (He is not to be confused with his namesake Pompey the Great .) Pompeius was one of the sons of the consul of the year AD 27, Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi and Scribonia .
Pages in category "Wives of Pompey" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Antistia (wife of Pompey) C. Cornelia Metella; J. Julia (daughter ...