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Pompeia |
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«b»From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pompeia«/b» (flourished 2nd century BC & 1st century BC) was a «u»Roman «/u» woman. Pompeia was born and raised into a noble family in «u»Picenum «/u» (modern «u»Marche «/u» & «u»Abruzzo «/u») a rural district in Northern «u»Italy «/u», off the «u»Adriatic «/u» Coast.
Pompeia's mother was a woman called Lucilia. Lucilia's family originated from Suessa Aurunca (modern «u»Sessa Aurunca «/u») and she was a sister of satire poet «u»Gaius Lucilius «/u». Lucilius was a friend of Roman general «u»Scipio Aemilianus Africanus «/u».
Her paternal grandfather was Gnaeus Pompeius, while her father was Sextus Pompeius. Pompeia had two elder brothers «u»Sextus Pompeius «/u» and Gnaeus «u»Pompeius Strabo «/u». Through Strabo, she was a paternal aunt to triumvir «u»Pompey «/u» and his sister «u»Pompeia «/u».
Pompeia married Marcus Atius Balbus (148 BC-87 BC), a senator of «u»plebs «/u» status from Aricia (modern Ariccia). Pompeia and Balbus had a son a younger «u»Marcus Atius «/u» Balbus in 105 BC. Her son married «u»Julia Caesaris «/u» Minor, the second eldest sister of dictator Gaius «u»Julius Caesar «/u». The younger Balbus and Julia had three daughters. Among Pompeia's descendants was the first «u»Roman Emperor «/u» «u»Augustus«/u».
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I61225 |
Glenn Cook Family |
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