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Pompeia

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[pom-pee-uh, -pey-uh] / pɒmˈpi ə, -ˈpeɪ ə /

noun

  1. flourished 1st century b.c., second wife of Julius Caesar, divorced in 62 b.c.


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The assassination took place in the Curia Pompeia meeting hall, which was then walled up by Caesar’s heir Octavian, who would go on to name himself the first Roman emperor, Augustus.

From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2023

But it’s worth every mile to experience her 1950 hilltop Glass House; her Pompeia factory-turned-public leisure center; and her monumental São Paulo Museum of Art with its “crystal easel” installation.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2018

The actual “Caesar’s wife” lesson is not that Pompeia was safe from criticism because she conducted herself beyond reproach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2018

There was no evidence that Pompeia had any interest in Clodius, and after a maid discovered him, the women drove the intruder from the house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2018

At any rate, when the scandal got abroad, he did divorce Pompeia, alleging that it did not suit Cæsar to have his wife suspected. b.c.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony

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