Julia Caesaris (Classical Latin: IVLIA•CAESARIS), 83 or 82 BC-54 BC, was the daughter of Gaius Julius Caesar the dictator, by his first wife, Cornelia Cinna, and his only child in marriage. Julia became the fourth wife of Pompey the Great and was renowned for her beauty and virtue.
Julia was born around 83 BC–82 BC. After her mother died in childbirth around 69 BC–68 BC, she was raised by her paternal grandmother Aurelia Cotta. Her father wanted ...
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Julia Caesaris (Classical Latin: IVLIA•CAESARIS), 83 or 82 BC-54 BC, was the daughter of Gaius Julius Caesar the dictator, by his first wife, Cornelia Cinna, and his only child in marriage. Julia became the fourth wife of Pompey the Great and was renowned for her beauty and virtue.
Julia was born around 83 BC–82 BC. After her mother died in childbirth around 69 BC–68 BC, she was raised by her paternal grandmother Aurelia Cotta. Her father wanted her to marry Faustus Cornelius Sulla (the eldest surviving son of the Roman Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla), but instead she got engaged to Quintus Servilius Caepio, who could have been Marcus Junius Brutus (Caesar's most famous assassin) who after being adopted by his uncle Quintus Servilius Caepio, was known as Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus for an unknown period of time. Caesar broke off this engagement and married her to Pompey in April 59 BC, with whom Caesar sought a strong political alliance in forming the First Triumvirate. This...
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