Porcia Catones
Porcia Catones
(d.
42 BC
) was a
Roman
woman, daughter of
Marcus Porcius Cato, the younger
and his first wife Atilia. Porcia was married first to
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
(her father's political ally), then to
Marcus Junius Brutus
, her first cousin. She committed suicide after Brutus' death in the
battle of Philippi
, reputedly by swallowing live coals. She was introduced (under the spelling
Portia
) by
Shakespeare
in
Julius Caesar
.
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