Miarcia

1. Wife of M. Atilius Regulus, who was consul a second time B. C. 256, in the first Punic war. (Sil. Ital. 6.403, 576.)

2. The wife of C. Julius Caesar, the grandfather of the dictator, and the sister of Q. Marcius Rex, consul in B. C. 118. (Suet. Jul. 6.)

3. A vestal virgin, who was condemned along with Licinia in B. C. 113 by L. Cassius Longinus. For particulars and authorities see Licinia, No. 2.

4. The second wife of M. Cato Uticensis, to whom she bore many children, was the daughter of L. Marcius Philippus, consul B. C. 56. It was about the year B. C. 56 that Cato is related to have ceded her to his friend Q. Hortensius, with the approbation of her father: some remarks upon this curious tale are made elsewhere. [Vol. I. p. 648b.] She continued to live with Hortensius till the death of the latter, in B. C. 50, after which she returned to Cato, who left her behind in Rome, placing his family and property under her care, when he fled from the city with the rest of the aristocratical party on Caesar's approach in B. C. 49. (Appian, App. BC 2.99; Plut. Cat. min. 25, 39, 52; Lucan, 2.329, &c.)

5. The wife of Fabius Maximus, the friend of Augustus, learnt from her husband the secret visit of the emperor to his grandson Agrippa, and informed Livia of it, in consequence of which she became the cause of her husband's death, A. D. 13 or 14. (Tac. Ann. 1.5.) We learn from Ovid (Ov. Fast. 6.802) that she belonged to the family of the Philippi. Her name also occurs in the epistle which Ovid addressed to her husband (Ex Pont. í. 2).

6. The daughter of Cremutius Cordus, who was put to death in the reign of Tiberius, is spoken of under Cordus. [Vol. I. p. 851b.]

7. Marcia Furnilla, the second wife of the emperor Titus, was divorced by her husband after the death of their daughter Julia. (Suet. Tit. 4.) Some commentators propose changing the name of Furnilla into Fulvia or Fulvilla, on the authority of a coin which bears the legend Φουλβία Σεβαστή. But the coin is of rather doubtful authority; and even if it be genuine it may refer to Fulvia Plautilla, the wife of Caracalla. It is very improbable that a coin should be struck in honour of a woman that had been divorced, and that the title of Augusta should be given to her. (Eckhel, vol. vii. p. 364.)