Pompeia Magna (born 80/75 BC – before 35 BC) was the daughter and second child born to

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triumvir

Pompey the Great Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a leading Roman general and statesman. He played a significant role in the transformation of ...

(Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) from his third marriage, to

Mucia Tertia Mucia Tertia (fl. 79–31 BC) was a Roman '' matrona'' who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola, the '' pontifex maximus'' and consul in 95 BC. Early life Her mother was closely related to Cato the Younger ...

. Her elder brother was Gnaeus Pompeius and her younger brother was

Sextus Pompey Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius ( 67 – 35 BC), also known in English as Sextus Pompey, was a Roman military leader who, throughout his life, upheld the cause of his father, Pompey the Great, against Julius Caesar and his supporters during the last ...

Biography

Pompeia was born and raised in Rome. In 59 BC, her father Pompey married for a fourth time, to Julia Caesaris, the daughter of

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. After their marriage, Pompeia was betrothed to a Servilius Caepio, but she instead married Faustus Cornelius Sulla, a politician who was the son of Roman dictator

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from his wife Caecilia Metella. Around 47 BC, Faustus died in the African War against Julius Caesar. Their two sons fell into the hands of Julius Caesar, however Caesar dismissed them as a danger and pardoned them. After 46 BC, Pompeia married for a second time to politician

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who was consul in 32 BC. For a time Pompeia accompanied her younger brother Sextus Pompey to

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. It was in Sicily that Pompeia made various presents for the young future

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, who had fled with his parents there from

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. Pompeia gave Tiberius such presents as a cloak, a brooch, and a gold bulla. The historian Suetonius states that these presents were preserved and were exhibited in

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in his time. Sextus Pompey survived Pompeia when she died, sometime before 35 BC.

Children

* First marriage to Faustus Cornelius Sulla. ** Faustus Cornelius Sulla ** Possibly a daughter who married Quintus Aemilius Lepidus * Second marriage to politician

. **

Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus (born between 47 BC and 35 BC) was an ancient Roman politician and the son of suffect consul Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Pompeia Magna. His sister was Magna. His maternal grandparents were triumvir Pompey and Mucia T ...

, consul in AD 5 ** Magna, who possibly married a Lucius Scribonius Libo

References

Sources

Suetonius Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( ; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies ...

– ''The Lives of the Twelve Caesars'' –

* ''Microsoft Encarta Encyclopaedia'' 2002 {{Authority control 70s BC births 30s BC deaths 1st-century BC Roman women 1st-century BC Romans Children of Pompey