Mucia tertia
Mucia Tertia (* around 100 BC; † after 31 BC) was a Roman matrona in the 1st century BC. Chr .
She was the daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola , the Pontifex Maximus , who died in 82 BC. Was killed by Marius ' followers. Her mother Licinia divorced her father in order to marry Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos , a scandal mentioned in several sources. Her name, Mucia Tertia, suggests, according to Roman naming conventions for women, that she was the third daughter. Mucia had two younger brothers from her mother's second marriage (see Caecilius Metellus ).
Mucia was in first marriage with the younger Marius , consul v in the 82nd Chr., Married. This was at the time of the Civil War when Sulla had an army ready to march on Rome and his opponents were looking for a charismatic leader. The younger Marius did not appear as a talented general, but he was named after his father Gaius Marius. Sulla won the war, the younger Marius killed himself. Mucia was now a childless widow. According to Roman law, she was not allowed to remarry.
A little later, Sulla, now dictator , changed his mind, especially with regard to the young widow. He needed the support of Pompey and arranged to do so around 81 BC. His marriage to Mucia. Pompey and Mucia had three children: Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger , the daughter Pompeia (who was married to Faustus Cornelius Sulla ) and Sextus Pompey .
Between 76 BC BC and 61 BC Most of the time Pompey was not in Rome. He led the campaign in Hispania against Sertorius , in the Mediterranean war against the pirates , in the east against Mithridates VI. from Pontus. On his final return he divorced Mucia, according to Cicero's personal correspondence about adultery, allegedly with Caesar . Mucia then married Marcus Aemilius Scaurus the younger , the brother of Aemilia Scaura .
39 BC She is said to have mediated between her son Sextus Pompeius and Octavian . According to sources, the future emperor treated them with great respect. She lived at least until the Battle of Actium (31 BC), after which she successfully sought mercy from Octavian for her son Marcus Aemilius Scaurus III. asked, who had joined Mark Antony .
Remarks
- ↑ Plutarch : Caesar 50
- ↑ Reference in: William Bodham Donne: Mucia, With the epithet tertia 2 . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 2 : Ea'rinus, Fla'vius – Nyx . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 1117 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mucia tertia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman matrona |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 100 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 31 BC Chr. |