Cornelia (Caesar's wife)
Cornelia (* around 94 BC; † 69/68 BC) was the first wife of the Roman senator and later dictator Gaius Iulius Caesar .
She was the daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna , a popular politician and consul from 87 to 84 BC. Who she at the age of 10 about 85/84 BC. He was married to the then 16-year-old Caesar, the nephew of his late political companion Gaius Marius .
After his victory in the civil war in 82 BC. The dictator Sulla Caesar asked to divorce Cornelia, which Caesar refused. Around 76 BC Chr. Cornelia gave birth to the couple's only child, daughter Julia . Cornelia died in 69 or 68 BC. Chr., During the Bursary her husband. Caesar gave her a funeral speech in the forum , which was otherwise only the case with older women. The people understood this as a sign of affection and love for the deceased wife; the funeral speech therefore promoted his popularity.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Cornelius 413 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Col. 1596.
Remarks
- ↑ a b Suetonius , Caesar 1; Plutarch , Caesar 1, 1.
- ^ Suetonius, Caesar 6.
- ↑ Bernhard Kytzler : Women of antiquity. From Aspasia to Zenobia . Artemis, Munich & Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-7608-1224-4 , p. 57.
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| SURNAME | Cornelia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first wife of Gaius Iulius Caesar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 94 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 69/68 BC Chr. |