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Pompeia
[ pom-pee-uh, -pey-uh ]
noun
- flourished 1st century b.c., second wife of Julius Caesar, divorced in 62 b.c. Compare Calpurnia, Cornelia ( def 2 ).
Example Sentences
The assassination took place in the Curia Pompeia meeting hall, which was then walled up by Caesarâs heir Octavian, who would go on to name himself the first Roman emperor, Augustus.
In the mid-1970s, when the Italian Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi was commissioned to design a cultural center in a former factory in SĂŁo Pauloâs neighborhood of PompĂ©ia, adaptive reuse of industrial spaces had yet to enter the architectural mainstream.
But itâs worth every mile to experience her 1950 hilltop Glass House; her Pompeia factory-turned-public leisure center; and her monumental SĂŁo Paulo Museum of Art with its âcrystal easelâ installation.
Then Caesar, eager not to offend Clodiusâ relatives, divorced Pompeia.
There was no evidence that Pompeia had any interest in Clodius, and after a maid discovered him, the women drove the intruder from the house.
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