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The wives of Roman dictator Julius Caesar have been the subject of much historial debate and many cultural depictions.
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Cossutia debate







 * Arguments for their marriage taking place include:
 * Ancient historian Suetonius used the word __ which can mean an official divorce, when speaking of the break off


 * Ancient historian Plutarch listed Pompeia as Caesar's third wife
 * Ancient historian Cornelius Tacitus counted Cossutia as one of Caesar's wives
 * Caesar was of age to marry, and since they had been engaged since childhood there would not have been any reason for their families to hold off on the marriage
 * Both families issues wedding coins
 * It is disputed if Caesar ever actually served as a flammen
 * Arguments against include:

Historians who hold the opinion that Caesar and Cossutia never married include Detlev Baumgarten-Crusius, Napoleon III, Merrivale, James Anthony Froude, Dodge, Warde Fowler, Ernest Gottlieb Sihler, Adolf von Mess, and John Carew Rolfe.

Among notable historians who mentain that the marriage did indeed ocur are; Marie-Nicolas Bouillet

Marriage candidates
Sulla's daughter Cornelia

Servilia

Pompey's daughter

Antony's daughter

Concubines?

 * Cleopatra depicted herself as Caesar's wife
 * Eunoë (wife of Bogudes)