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1st-century BC Roman woman, wife of Brutus

For the sister of Cato the Younger, see Portia (sister of Cato the Younger).

Porcia (c. 73 BC – June 43 BC),^[2][3] occasionally spelled Portia, especially in 18th-century English literature,^[4] was a Roman woman who lived in the 1st century BC.

She was the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (Cato the Younger) and his first wife Atilia. She is best known for being the second wife of Marcus Junius Brutus, the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins, and appears primarily in the letters of Cicero.^[5]

Biography

Early life

Porcia was born around 73 BC.^[6][7][8] She had an affectionate nature,^[9] was interested in philosophy, and was "full of an understanding courage."^[10]Plutarch describes her as being prime of youth and beauty.^[11] When she was still very young, her father divorc