Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . So we find Csesar postponing hisdeparture for some time in the spring of 6i ; andthis delay was caused not only by his desire to keephis eye on Pompeius, or by difficulties with hiscreditors,^ but by a startling event in which he washimself involved, and which eventually proved to bea piece of good fortune for himself and his party. | On the night of December 5, 62 , there hadbeen, as usual, a meeting of matrons in the house ofthe Pontifex Maximus, to celebrate the mysteries ofan ancient Roman agricultural deity, usually c
Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . So we find Csesar postponing hisdeparture for some time in the spring of 6i ; andthis delay was caused not only by his desire to keephis eye on Pompeius, or by difficulties with hiscreditors,^ but by a startling event in which he washimself involved, and which eventually proved to bea piece of good fortune for himself and his party. | On the night of December 5, 62 , there hadbeen, as usual, a meeting of matrons in the house ofthe Pontifex Maximus, to celebrate the mysteries ofan ancient Roman agricultural deity, usually calledthe Good Goddess. Only women were admitted,and Caesar himself was of course absent. His motherAurelia, and his wife Pompeia, were to receive theworshippers; the elder lady, if Plutarch is right,being at this time in some anxiety as to the conductof the younger. Her fears were justified ; for in thedead of night a suspected lover, a young quaestor-elect named Publius Clodius, was detected by a ser-vant-maid disguised in womans dress, and was ?Suet., JULIUS C/ESAR. ENLARGED FROM GEM IN BRITISH MUSEUM.
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