Calpurnia may refer to:

Ancient Rome

Calpurnia gens The gens Calpurnia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which first appears in history during the third century BC. The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Calpurnius Piso in 180 BC, but from this time their consulships were ...

, an ancient Roman family **

Calpurnia (wife of Caesar) Calpurnia was either the third or fourth wife of Julius Caesar, and the one to whom he was married at the time of his assassination. According to contemporary sources, she was a good and faithful wife, in spite of her husband's infidelity; and, fo ...

, last wife of Roman dictator Julius Caesar **

Calpurnia (wife of Pliny) Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger (), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate ...

, third and last wife of

Pliny the Younger Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger (), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate ...

and granddaughter of

Calpurnius Fabatus Calpurnius Fabatus was an Ancient Roman nobleman ('' eques'') of the 1st century AD from the ''gens'' Calpurnia. He was grandfather to Calpurnia, wife of the Pliny the Younger, who addressed several letters to Fabatus. He possessed a country hous ...

Lex Acilia Calpurnia ''Lex Acilia Calpurnia'' was a law established during the Roman Republic in 67 BC mandating permanent exclusion from office in cases of electoral corruption. The law was passed by Gaius Calpurnius Piso and Manius Acilius Glabrio. Background C ...

(67 BC), a severe law against political corruption *

Lex Calpurnia The ''lex Calpurnia de repetundis'' ("''law of Calpurnius for the recovery of property"'') was a Roman law sponsored in 149 BC by the tribune of the plebs Lucius Calpurnius Piso. It established the first permanent criminal court in Roman his ...

(149 BC), a law that established a permanent extortion court

Science

* ''Calpurnia'' (plant), a genus in the family Fabaceae, composed of shrubs and other small trees usually found in southern Africa *Calpurnia, the central crater in a series of "

snowman craters Vesta (minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of . It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the ...

" on the asteroid 4 Vesta *

2542 Calpurnia 2542 Calpurnia, provisionally designated , is a carbonaceous high-albedo asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 11 February 1980, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at ...

, an asteroid discovered by E. Bowell on 11 February 1980

Arts, entertainment, and media

Calpurnia (band) Calpurnia was a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2017, originating from Vancouver. The band consisted of Finn Wolfhard (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Malcolm Craig (drums), Ayla Tesler-Mabe (lead guitar, vocals) and Jack Anderson (bass, vocals) ...

*Calpurnia, African-American cook and maid for the Finch family in the novel ''

To Kill a Mockingbird ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' has become ...

'' * ''Calpurnia'' (play), a 2018 play by

Audrey Dwyer Audrey Dwyer is a Canadian writer, actor, and director. She is currently the associate artistic director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. She wrote the 2018 comedy, '' Calpurnia''. Early life Dwyer was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She stu ...

named after the character from ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' *''Calpurnia'', a 2003 novel by Anne Scott *Shira Calpurnia, protagonist of three Warhammer 40,000 novels, see List of Warhammer 40,000 novels#Enforcer: Shira Calpurnia *Calpurnia Virginia Tate, protagonist of the novel '' The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate'' *Princess Calpernia, (commonly known as "Prez") a fictional character from the web comic "Cursed Princess Club"(published solely on Webtoons).

People with the given name

Calpernia Addams Calpernia Sarah Addams (born February 20, 1971) is an American actress, musician, spokesperson and activist for transgender rights and issues. Early life Addams grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She served as a Hospital Corpsman with the Navy. D ...

, American transgender author and activist {{disambiguation, given name