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This was the name of the wife of Julius Caesar, dictator of ancient Rome. Her nightmares before the Ides of March failed to deter her husband from going out to meet his fate at the Roman forum that day. He was assassinated by a clique of Senators led by Cassius and Brutus.

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Calpurnia Pisonis, third and last wife of Julius Caesar
Calpurnia, third and last wife of Pliny the Younger and granddaughter Calpurnus Fabatus
Calpernia Addams, an American transgender author and activist

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Calpurnia Addams, a fictional character referenced to in The Addams Family (1991) film where she is said to be Wednesday Addams' great-aunt who was burnt as a witch in 1706. She must, therefore, be Gomez Addams' and Uncle Fester's aunt
Calpurnia, the cook and maid to the Finch family in To Kill a Mockingbird