PHILOSOPHER

Porcia

100 BC - 42 BC

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Porcia (c. 73 BC – June 43 BC), occasionally spelled Portia, especially in 18th-century English literature, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Porcia is the 477th most popular philosopher (up from 836th in 2019). (up from 1,981st in 2019)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Porcia ranks 477 out of 1,267Before her are Eubulides, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Guillaume Budé, Nana Asmaʼu, Paul Natorp, and H. L. A. Hart. After her are Gaius Musonius Rufus, Philodemus, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Michel de Certeau, Ernest Gellner, and Leo Strauss.

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Among people born in 100 BC, Porcia ranks 37Before her are Thusnelda, Publilius Syrus, Phraates V, Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Phraates III, and Judas of Galilee. After her are Mariamne, Seleucus VII Philometor, Quintus Pedius, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, and Orodes III of Parthia. Among people deceased in 42 BC, Porcia ranks 6Before her are Brutus the Younger, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Servilia, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, and Gaius Antonius. After her are Publius Servilius Casca, Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, Gaius Antonius Hybrida, and Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia.

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