Aurelia then took on the responsibility of raising Julius’s son. She was proved highly effective in running Caesar’s home and became a prominent matriarch within the family. She was also the grandmother to Atia Balba Caesaris, Atia of the Julii, and also grandmother of Gaius Octavian, the future emperor of Rome. Caesar went on to marry Sulla’s daughter, Pompeia. She later on proved to be an unfaithful wife. In 61 B.C. the family celebrated the Bona Dea festival at Caesar’s home. Males were excluded from this event but Aurelia discovered the political Publius Clodius dressed in female attire hoping to have a romantic evening with Pompeia. Aurelia explained the affair that took place that evening with Pompeia and Clodius. Caesur who did not believe this was true later went on to proceed with a divorce (Aurelia Cotta: Life of Julius Caesar’s mother). Once again Aurelia shows how important her children’s lives are to her. Aurelia was highly regarded throughout Rome because of her beauty, respectability, and mind. When she died in 54 B.C. in her sixties, a nine year old Octavian dedicated an honorary funeral to his great-grandmother. Many though Julius was born by a Caesarean birth, as opening of the abdominal cavity would soon be followed with a death afterwards. Since Julius was forty-six when his mother passed ways the legend comes out to be false about his birth (Aurelia Cotta: Life of Julius Caesar’s mother). History students should be taught more on backgrounds of these significant
Aurelia then took on the responsibility of raising Julius’s son. She was proved highly effective in running Caesar’s home and became a prominent matriarch within the family. She was also the grandmother to Atia Balba Caesaris, Atia of the Julii, and also grandmother of Gaius Octavian, the future emperor of Rome. Caesar went on to marry Sulla’s daughter, Pompeia. She later on proved to be an unfaithful wife. In 61 B.C. the family celebrated the Bona Dea festival at Caesar’s home. Males were excluded from this event but Aurelia discovered the political Publius Clodius dressed in female attire hoping to have a romantic evening with Pompeia. Aurelia explained the affair that took place that evening with Pompeia and Clodius. Caesur who did not believe this was true later went on to proceed with a divorce (Aurelia Cotta: Life of Julius Caesar’s mother). Once again Aurelia shows how important her children’s lives are to her. Aurelia was highly regarded throughout Rome because of her beauty, respectability, and mind. When she died in 54 B.C. in her sixties, a nine year old Octavian dedicated an honorary funeral to his great-grandmother. Many though Julius was born by a Caesarean birth, as opening of the abdominal cavity would soon be followed with a death afterwards. Since Julius was forty-six when his mother passed ways the legend comes out to be false about his birth (Aurelia Cotta: Life of Julius Caesar’s mother). History students should be taught more on backgrounds of these significant