CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Philodemus, Civic Crown, Appian Way
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Family of the julii - old patrician family from iulus who is son of aeneas (anchises and. Aunt julia marries gaius marius - father"s sister. Cornelia first wife - daughter of cornelius cinna, political ally of gaius marius and rival of sulla. Married at young age, refused to divorce despite threats of sulla. Mother of julia, his only legitimate child, who married pompey the great. Cornelia died in childbirth just before or when caesar was quaestor. Not a relative or pompey the great, daughter of sulla"s daughter cornelia and quintus pompeius rufus. Public clodius dressed as a woman; rumors of infidelity, religious ceremony at home of pontifex maximus (or man currently a consul or praetor - plutarch. Daughter of lucius calpurnius piso caesoninus (consul, later neutral in the civil war, patron of epicurean philosopher philodemus. ) Political alliance but no children, lasted until his death. Herculaneum villa, discovered 1765 by karl weber, 1800 carbonized papyri scrolls, works of epicurean philosopher.
