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Mucia Tertia ( fl. 79 – 31 BC) was a Roman matrona who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola, the pontifex maximus and consul in 95 BC. Around 79 BC, Mucia married Pompey, a leading and soon-to-be dominant figure in Roman politics.
Mar 5, 2023 · Mucia Tertia was a Roman matrona who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola, the pontifex maximus, consul in 95 BC. Her mother was a Licinia that divorced her father to marry Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos, in a scandal mentioned by several sources.
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When Mucia Tertia was born in 0105 BC, in Roma, Roman Empire, her father, Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex, was 35 and her mother, Licinia Crassa Prima, was 16. She married Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Consul about 0079 BC, in Roma, Roman Empire.
He married Mucia Tertia in 79 BCE, this time gaining an alliance with the powerful gens Caecilia: this was Pompey's longest marriage, and produced all three of his surviving children. He divorced Mucia in 61 BCE, possibly for political reasons, and married Julia , the daughter of his political rival Julius Caesar , in 59 BCE.
Jul 31, 2023 · Mucia Tertia was a Roman matrona who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola, the pontifex maximus, consul in 95 BC. Her mother was a Licinia that divorced her father to marry Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos, in a scandal mentioned by several sources.
Mucia Tertia (102 BC-) was the daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex and the wife of Pompey. Sulla arranged for their marriage in order to secure Pompey's loyalty, and their marriage resulted in three children: Pompey the Younger, Pompeia Magna, and Sextus Pompeius.
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Sextus Pompeius Magnus (Pius), younger son of Pompey (Cn. *Pompeius Magnus (1)) and *Mucia Tertia, was born probably c.67 bce. Left in Lesbos with *Cornelia (2) during the campaign of Pharsalus (48), he accompanied his father to Egypt and after his murder went to Africa; after Thapsus (46) he joined his brother Cn.
