Pompeia (wife of Julius Caesar)

Pompeia (also: Pompeia Sulla ) was the second wife of the Roman statesman and commander Gaius Julius Caesar.

Family

Pompeia was the daughter of Quintus Pompeius Rufus, son of the consul in 88 BC, and of Cornelia, a daughter of Sulla. Pompeias father was 88 BCE by followers of Publius Sulpicius Rufus tribunes, an opponent of Sulla, killed in the riots of the year. Her brother Quintus Pompeius Rufus was in the year 52 BC, tribune of the people.

Marriage to Caesar

After the death of his first wife Cornelia married Pompeia Caesar. The marriage was after Caesar's term of office (69 or 68 BC) closed as quaestor in Spain, so probably in the year 67 BC

The marriage ended in the wake of the Bona Dea scandal - 62/61 BC, Caesar was since 63 BC pontifex maximus and the mysteries were in his house on December 4, 62 BC in honor of Bona Dea held during which men were not admitted. Publius Clodius Pulcher When crept into the congregation in women's clothing and was discovered, it was rumored, Pompeia have had a relationship with him. Although Caesar himself is not officially confirmed this rumor, he was parted from Pompeia because according to him his wife must be above suspicion.