Bona Dea scandal

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historical event political scandal religious scandal

The Bona Dea scandal was a notorious incident in late Republican Rome in which Publius Clodius Pulcher was accused of infiltrating a women-only religious festival held at Julius Caesar’s house, leading to a major public scandal and the dissolution of Caesar’s marriage to Pompeia.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Bona Dea festival scandal	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political scandal ⓘ religious scandal ⓘ
accusation	disguising himself as a woman ⓘ profanation of religious rites ⓘ sacrilege ⓘ
accusedPerson	Publius Clodius Pulcher NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bona Dea affair NERFINISHED ⓘ Clodius–Bona Dea scandal NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateDate	62 BC ⓘ
associatedWith	Roman political factions ⓘ Roman religious law ⓘ career of Publius Clodius Pulcher ⓘ reputation of Julius Caesar ⓘ
consequenceFor	marriage of Julius Caesar and Pompeia ⓘ
country	Roman Republic ⓘ
culturalSignificance	example of intersection of religion and politics in Rome ⓘ illustration of norms about female-only religious spaces ⓘ
hasCause	infiltration of women-only Bona Dea rites ⓘ
hasEffect	divorce of Pompeia by Julius Caesar ⓘ public scandal in Rome ⓘ trial of Publius Clodius Pulcher ⓘ
involvedRole	Aurelia Cotta as hostess and organizer of rites ⓘ
legalOutcome	acquittal of Publius Clodius Pulcher ⓘ
legalProcess	trial before a special court ⓘ
location	Rome ⓘ house of Julius Caesar ⓘ
mainSubject	Bona Dea NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaius Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ Pompeia NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Clodius Pulcher NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	Gaius Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ Pompeia NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Clodius Pulcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman matrons ⓘ Vestal Virgins NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalImpact	strengthening of Clodius’s popularis image ⓘ tension between Clodius and Cicero ⓘ
relatedEvent	Bona Dea festival at Caesar’s house ⓘ
relatedPerson	Aurelia Cotta NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	Bona Dea festival NERFINISHED ⓘ women-only religious rites ⓘ
resultedIn	Caesar’s statement that his wife must be above suspicion ⓘ
source	writings of Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ writings of Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ writings of Suetonius NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	late Roman Republic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pompeia → causeOfEndOfMarriage → Bona Dea scandal ⓘ

Pompeia → notableFor → Bona Dea scandal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bona Dea festival scandal