What was the name of Julius Caesar's widow?

Calpurnia was the third and last wife of Julius Caesar. Born in 75 BC, she was the daughter of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, a Roman consul in 58 BC.

Calpurnia married Caesar in late 59 BC. Historians during her life described her as a humble, often shy woman. No children resulted from her union with Caesar. Caesar's daughter, Julia, was likely older than Calpurnia, her stepmother. And, in fact, Julia married Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus around the same time that Caesar and Calpurnia got married.

Following Caesar's death in 44 BC, Calpurnia delivered all Caesar's personal papers, including his will and notes, and his most precious possessions to the consul Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony), one of Caesar's most trusted allies. Specifically, because Calpurnia was Caesar's widow, she had papers stating that Mark Antony was, by will of Caesar, to be named his legal heir and commander of the Caesarian troops. Ultimately, after performing her duties of a widow, Calpurnia never remarried.

According to a tradition reported in some ancient sources, Calpurnia had a premonition about her husband's murder and endeavored in vain to warn him. Unaware that praetor Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus was one of the conspirators against her husband, she asked him to send word to the Senate that Caesar was ill and unable to attend. Caesar however rejected this plan, and Brutus escorted him into the hands of his enemies.

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William Laughlin

Maryann Stokes, Caesar never married Cleopatra. He had three wives, but Cleopatra was not one of them. Caesar married his first wife, Cornelia, in 84 B.C., when he was a teenager. Within several years, a general named Lucius Cornelius Sulla became dictator of the Roman republic and ordered the execution of anyone he considered an enemy of the state. Caesar’s father-in-law, Lucius Cornelius Cinna (d. 84 B.C.), had been a rival of Sulla. As a result, Sulla ordered Caesar to divorce Cornelia, but Caesar refused. Knowing such defiance could cost him his life, Caesar fled Rome and became a fugitive. During his time on the run, he contracted malaria and later was caught by one of Sulla’s men, who forced Caesar to pay him a huge bribe, almost all of his money, in order to remain free. Eventually, some of Caesar’s influential friends and relatives persuaded Sulla to let Caesar return to Rome, where he was reunited with Cornelia. 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. In 62 B.C., with Caesar serving as the “pontifex maximus,” or chief priest of the state government, Pompeia took part in an annual gathering of Roman woman called the Bona Dea (“good goddess”) festival, held at Caesar’s house. The event was strictly women-only, but a young nobleman disguised himself as female and crashed the festivities. At some point during the evening, he was found out. Scandal ensued and it was reported that the man was in love with Pompeia or trying to seduce her. Although it was unknown whether Pompeia had been willingly involved in the incident, Caesar decided to divorce her, declaring that his wife “must be above suspicion.” Caesar wed his third wife, Calpurnia, in 59 B.C., when she was a teenager, and remained married to her until his death. A noted womanizer, he also had multiple mistresses, including Cleopatra VII, the Egyptian queen, and a woman named Servilia, whose son Marcus Brutus took part in Caesar’s murder in 44 B.C.

Dr-Eva Gabor

williamrlaughlin, WOW. Thanks for the fantastic information.

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Lynne Zeman

Ah, sorry - I meant Clarence may not know......

Lynne Zeman

Vince Savage, it also may be noted that the common date reference is now BCE - Before Common Era instead of BC - Before Christ, in deference to non-Christian religions. I am sure you are well aware of that, but Vince and others may not.