Pompeia

[ pom-pee-uh, -pey-uh ]

/ pɒmˈpi ə, -ˈpeɪ ə /

flourished 1st century b.c., second wife of Julius Caesar, divorced in 62 b.c. Compare Calpurnia, Cornelia(def 2).

Example sentences from the Web for pompeia

Pompeia Paulina, a young and very noble Roman lady, had married Seneca in his extreme old age.

The Essays of Montaigne, Complete |Michel de Montaigne
Her name was Pompeia, He divorced Pompeia about this time, under very extraordinary circumstances.

History of Julius Caesar |Jacob Abbott
Clodius was in love with Pompeia, Cæsar's wife, and Pompeia was in no way averse to him.

Plutarch's Lives Volume III. |Plutarch
Finding the door open, he was safely let in by a female slave who was in the secret, and who forthwith ran off to tell Pompeia.

Plutarch's Lives Volume III. |Plutarch

Csar's second wife was Pompeia, the granddaughter of Sylla, whose family Aurelia had but little cause to love.

Roman Women |Alfred Brittain