Note 778 — Chapter I · (654-684.)

“Dimissa Cossutia ... quæ pretextato desponsata fuerat.” (Suetonius, Cæsar, 1.)—This passage from Suetonius clearly indicates that he was betrothed, and not married, to Cossutia; for Suetonius uses the word dimittere, which means “to free,” and not the word repudiare in its true meaning; besides, desponsata signifies betrothed.—Plutarch says that Cornelia was the first wife of Cæsar, though he pretends that he married Pompeia as his third. (Plutarch, Cæsar, 5.)