Pompeia was Caesar's wife from 67 BC until he divorced her for an act she did not commit. The people of Rome believed that that Pompeia had an affair with a man named Clodius. The real story was that Clodius snuck into the palace disguised as a woman as to tr and seduce Pompeia. She wanted none of it, and was committed to only Caesar. However, when people started to question her loyalty, Caesar divorced her by saying, "My wife ought not even to be under suspicion" which has translated into the proverb "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion." Caesar is showing how much his ego had grown by the fact he would not stand by his partner in the face of one rumor.
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