She was a lady of distinguished beauty, and of great intellectual superiority and moral worth.

She was extremely well versed in all the learning of the times, and yet was entirely free from those peculiarities and airs which, as her historian says, were often observed in learned ladies in those days.

Pompey had married her after the death of Julia, Caesar's daughter.

They were strongly devoted to each other.

Pompey had provided for her a beautiful retreat on the island of Lesbos, where she was living in elegance and splendor, beloved for her own intrinsic charms, and highly honored on account of the greatness and fame of her husband.