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Portia Catonis

in jULIUS Caesar

Kathy

Life & Death

Life & Death

Born: estimate 70 BC

Died: 43 BC (Estimate)

Cause of death: Suicide (It is speculated that she swallowed hot coals)

Father: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis

Mother: Unknown

Brother: Marcus Cato

PICTURES

PICTURES

Marriage

Marriage

Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus: He was killed in a war against Caesar's army leaving Portia a widow

Marcus Brutus (most famous marriage)

Potia may had one son named Lucius Calpurnius Bibulus

Facts of Portia

fact

We know very little about her, except for dubious historical anecdotes,

yet she seems to be portrayed as a female Stoic, devoted to philosophy and following in the footsteps of her famous father, who is a stoic hero of the Roman Republic

She worked as a house manager in her and Brutus' home

Accomplishment

Accomplishment

Portia stabs herself in the thigh to show her husband, Brutus, that she has the strength and could be trusted.

Portia's death has still been a fixation, Contemporary historians argue between 2 possible speculations.

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