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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.
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.
Mucia Tertia. Quick Reference. ( RE ‘Mucius’ 28) daughter of Q. Mucius Scaevola (2) and cousin of Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer and Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos, married Pompey c. 80 bc and bore him Cn. Pompeius ... From: Mucia Tertia in The Oxford Classical Dictionary » Subjects: Classical studies. Related content in Oxford Reference.
Younger son of Pompey and Mucia Tertia, was born probably c.67 bc. Left in Lesbos with his stepmother Cornelia 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 Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in Spain, and during the campaign of Munda (45) commanded ...
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.
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.
Pompeius Magnus. For he had a son who was half-brother to the children of Pompeius, since he had married Tertia, daughter of Scaevola, after Pompeius had divorced her.
