Brutus dies by his own sword, and Portia swallows hot coals to bring on her death. Some critics draw attention to the blood she spills on herself as a dangerous and evil omen of what the future holds for her and her husband.
She obviously loves Brutus, and she proves that she can take the seriousness of his man's problem by stabbing herself with a dagger in her thigh. She recognizes that he is troubled and begs him to share the trouble with her so that she could help him overcome it. She tells Brutus that she is not just a woman, but his partner in all he does. Portia represents a much stronger woman in my eyes. She helps to bring forth the theme of superstition and the paranormal-seeing the future in dreams. Calpurnia does this with her dream and her begging Caesar to stay at home instead of going to the Senate. The Roman tribe Aurelia was named in her honor.Both women in the play, Calpurnia (Caesar's wife) and Portia (Brutus' wife) help to move the plot along. Caesar's reason for the divorce was that "Caesar's wife, like all Caesar's family, must be beyond suspicion". Caesar divorced Pompeia Sulla over this incident without any real proof she had committed adultery with Clodius. Aurelia later appeared as a witness during the trial, along with her daughter Julia, testifying that she had ordered Clodius to leave. Clodius was later charged with the crime of sacrilege by Lucius Lentulus since his trespass caused the interruption of the sacrifice. The two may have had certain improper relations before, but was subdued by Aurelia's close watch upon the women's residence. In 62 BC, during the Bona Dea festival held at Caesar's house, one of Aurelia's maids discovered that Publius Clodius had infiltrated the house while disguising as a woman, in order to start or continue an affair with her second daughter-in-law Pompeia. Caesar subsequently married Pompeia Sulla, granddaughter of Sulla. Aurelia became involved in the petition to save her son, defending him along with her brother Gaius Cotta.Īfter Cornelia's death in childbirth, Aurelia raised her young granddaughter Julia and managed her son's households. Young Caesar firmly refused, which put himself at great risk from Sulla. When the younger Caesar was about 18, he was ordered by the then dictator of Rome, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, to divorce his young wife Cornelia Cinna, daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna who had supported Sulla's archenemy Marius. Her husband, the elder Gaius Caesar, was often away, so the task of raising their son fell mostly on Aurelia's shoulders. Highly intelligent, independent and renowned for her beauty and common sense, Aurelia was held in high regard throughout Rome.Īurelia and her family were very influential in her son's upbringing and security. Plutarch described her as a woman of discretion. The historian Tacitus considered her an ideal Roman matron and thought highly of her, because she offered her children the best opportunities of education. Gaius Julius Caesar (100 – 44 BC), the Dictator perpetuo.Julia Minor (? – 51 BC), wife of Marcus Atius Balbus and grandmother of emperor Augustus.Julia Major (? – ? BC), grandmother of Lucius Pinarius and Quintus Pedius.Three of her brothers were consuls: Gaius Aurelius Cotta in 75 BC, Marcus Aurelius Cotta in 74 BC and Lucius Aurelius Cotta in 65 BC.Īurelia married a praetor Gaius Julius Caesar. Publius Rutilius Rufus was her maternal uncle. Her mother Rutilia, was a member of the gens Rutilia. The family of the Aurelii Cottae was prominent during the Roman Republican era. Her father was consul in 119 BC and her paternal grandfather of the same name was consul in 144 BC. 120 BC – July 31, 54 BC) was the mother of the Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar.Īurelia was a daughter of Rutilia and Lucius Aurelius Cotta or his brother, Marcus Aurelius Cotta.
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