Pompeia

Family: Pompeii · Role: wife of Julius Caesar · First appears: Julius Caesar 6

Pompeia was the daughter of Quintus Pompeius and granddaughter of Lucius Sylla. In the time of Julius Caesar 6, Julius Caesar married her to replace Cornelia: “To supply the place of Cornelia, he married Pompeia”. He later divorced her after suspicion that Publius Clodius had been intimate with her, including an allegation that Publius Clodius entered her quarters disguised as a woman during a religious solemnity.

In Julius Caesar 74, Julius Caesar was summoned as a witness in the prosecution of Publius Clodius over the profanation of religious ceremonies, but said he knew nothing of the affair. Asked why he had divorced Pompeia, he answered, “my family should not only be free from guilt, but even from the suspicion of it.” Later, in Sicily, Pompeia—sister of Sextus Pompey—gave Tiberius a cloak with a clasp and gold bullae during his flight.

Relationship record

Life events

• Julius Caesar married Pompeia to replace Cornelia.(Julius Caesar 6)
  • With: Julius Caesar
  • “To supply the place of Cornelia, he married Pompeia, the daughter of Quintus Pompeius, and grand-daughter of Lucius Sylla;”
• Julius Caesar divorced Pompeia after suspecting her of adultery with Publius Clodius.(Julius Caesar 6)
  • With: Julius Caesar Publius Clodius
  • “but he afterwards divorced her, upon suspicion of her having been debauched by Publius Clodius.”
• Publius Clodius allegedly entered Pompeia’s quarters disguised as a woman.(Julius Caesar 6)
  • With: Publius Clodius
  • “that Clodius had found access to her disguised as a woman, during the celebration of a religious solemnity”
• Julius Caesar divorced Pompeia to keep his family free from guilt or suspicion.(Julius Caesar 74)
  • With: Julius Caesar
  • “And being asked why then he had divorced his wife? ‘Because,’ he said, ‘my family should not only be free from guilt, but even from the suspicion of it.’”
• Pompeia gave Tiberius valuable gifts during his flight.(Tiberius 6 · 📍 Sicily)
  • With: Tiberius Sextus Pompey
  • “The presents which were made him by Pompeia, sister to Sextus Pompey, in Sicily, namely, a cloak, with a clasp, and bullae of gold”

Julius Caesar 6

• married with Julius Caesar “To supply the place of Cornelia, he married Pompeia, the daughter of Quintus Pompeius, and grand-daughter of Lucius Sylla; but he afterwards divorced her”
• parent: Quintus Pompeius “the daughter of Quintus Pompeius”
• elder kin: Sylla “grand-daughter of Lucius Sylla”
• with Publius Clodius (suspected sexual misconduct) “upon suspicion of her having been debauched by Publius Clodius”
• with Publius Clodius (suspected sexual relationship) “upon suspicion of her having been debauched by Publius Clodius”

Julius Caesar 74

• married with Julius Caesar “And being asked why then he had divorced his wife? ‘Because,’ he said, ‘my family should not only be free from guilt, but even from the suspicion of it.’”
• with Publicus Clodius (Publicus Clodius was Pompeia’s gallant.) “When he was summoned as a witness against Publicus Clodius, his wife Pompeia’s gallant, who was prosecuted for the profanation of religious ceremonies, he declared he knew nothing of the affair,”
• courtship with Publicus Clodius “Publicus Clodius, his wife Pompeia’s gallant, who was prosecuted for the profanation of religious ceremonies”

Tiberius 6

• siblings with Sextus Pompey “The presents which were made him by Pompeia, sister to Sextus Pompey, in Sicily, namely, a cloak, with a clasp, and bullae of gold, are still in existence, and shewn at Baiae to this day.”
• with Tiberius (Pompeia gave presents to Tiberius.) “The presents which were made him by Pompeia, sister to Sextus Pompey, in Sicily, namely, a cloak, with a clasp, and bullae of gold, are still in existence, and shewn at Baiae to this day.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.