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Atilia (sometimes spelt Attilia), daughter of Serranus and first wife of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis whom he married after his intended wife, Aemilia Lepida, married someone else. Aemilia Lepida I (4/3 BC - 53) was the eldest daughter to Vipsania Julia and her father Lucius Aemilius Paullus. ...


In the words of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, Life of Cato the Younger, 7: Wikisource has original text related to this article: Plutarch in Greek Plutarchs Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. ...

[Atilia] was the first woman with whom he had sex, but not the only one, as was true of Laelius, the friend of Scipio Africanus; Laelius, indeed, was more fortunate, since in the course of his long life he only ever made love to one woman, the wife of his youth.

Cato and Atilia had a son, Marcus Porcius Cato who later died in at the second Battle of Philippi, and a daughter Porcia Catonis who became the wife of her cousin Marcus Junius Brutus. Gaius Laelius, general and statesman, was a friend of the elder Scipio, whom he accompanied on his Spanish campaign (210 BC - 206 BC). ... Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major (Latin: P·CORNELIVS·P·F·L·N·SCIPIO·AFRICANVS¹) (235–183 BC) was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic. ... Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato the Younger by his first marriage to Atilia. ... Combatants Triumvirs Liberators Commanders Octavian and Mark Antony Brutus† and Cassius† Strength 19 legions, allied cavalry 33,000; total over 100,000 men 17 legions, allied cavalry 17,000; total about 100,000 men Casualties  ? all army surrendered The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Wars of... Porcia Catones (d. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...


Cato divorced Atilia on the grounds of adultery (she was rumoured to have been one of the many lovers of Julius Caesar), later marrying a woman named Marcia. Atilia is not mentioned again. Gāius Jūlius Caesar (IPA: ;[1]), July 12 or July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men in world history. ...



 
 

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