Caesar
Caesar a title of Roman emperors, especially those from Augustus to Hadrian. Recorded from the Middle English, the word comes from Latin Caesar, family name of the Roman statesman Gaius Julius Caesar.
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion those in public life should not put themselves in the position of having their behaviour questioned. Recorded from the late 18th century, the saying alludes to a story in Plutarch's Caesar of how Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia after the scandal surrounding the affair in which Clodius, who was in love with Pompeia, smuggled himself into the house in which the women of Caesar's household were celebrating the festival of the Bona Dea (the Good Goddess). Caesar refused to bring charges against Clodius, but divorced Pompeia; when questioned, he replied ‘I thought my wife ought not even to be under suspicion’.
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion those in public life should not put themselves in the position of having their behaviour questioned. Recorded from the late 18th century, the saying alludes to a story in Plutarch's Caesar of how Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia after the scandal surrounding the affair in which Clodius, who was in love with Pompeia, smuggled himself into the house in which the women of Caesar's household were celebrating the festival of the Bona Dea (the Good Goddess). Caesar refused to bring charges against Clodius, but divorced Pompeia; when questioned, he replied ‘I thought my wife ought not even to be under suspicion’.
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