Calpurnia
flourished 1st century b.c., third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44.: Compare Cornelia (def. 2), Pompeia.
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His wife, Calpurnia, however, had a nightmare in which he got stabbed.
Calpurnia's father proposed that this will should be opened and read in public at Antony's house; and this was accordingly done.
History of Julius Caesar | Jacob AbbottFinally, after much hesitation and debate, they concluded to employ a certain female for the purpose,—a courtesan named Calpurnia.
Nero | Jacob AbbottAt any rate, Calpurnia was easily led by such inducements as the conspirators laid before her, to undertake the commission.
Nero | Jacob AbbottIn this condition the widowed Calpurnia received the lifeless clay of him who had lately been sovereign of the world.
A retort trembled on the wicked old lips, but Calpurnia, seeing it, made haste to ask if any of them had ever talked with Juvenal.
Roads from Rome | Anne C. E. Allinson
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