CLASSIC 20 Lecture 12: Lecture 12 - Caesar and Cleopatra
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Iulus son of aeneas: old patrician family b, father gaius caesor, praetor (92) died in 85 bce, mother aurelia cotta e. i. Person of strict morals: consular family f. i. Marries gaius marius, father"s sister: public oration at funeral. Political ally of gaius marius and rival of sulla a. iv. Refused to divorce her despite threats of sulla a. v. 1. He went into hiding, went to the east a. vi. Died in childbirth just before or when caesar was quaestor (69: mother of julia, his only legitimate child b. i. Married pompey the great: pompeia second wife c. i. Not a relative of pompey the great c. ii. Daughter of sulla"s daughter cornelia and quintus pompeius rufus c. iii. Publius clodius dressed as woman; rumors of infidelity c. iii. 2. Religious ceremony at home of pontifex maximus (or man currently a consul or praetor plutarch) c. iv. Caesar"s wife must be above suspicion : calpurnia third wife d. i.
