Porcia, also known as Porcia Catonis or Porcia the Elder (before 95 BC – 46/45 BC) was the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus and Livia Drusa. She was the elder sister of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis and the younger half-sister of Servilia Caepionis, the younger Servilia and Quintus Servilius Caepio. She was the aunt of Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the more famous of Julius Caesar's assassins. She was also the aunt of Porcia Catonis and Junia Tertia.

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  • Porcia, also known as Porcia Catonis or Porcia the Elder (before 95 BC – 46/45 BC) was the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus and Livia Drusa. She was the elder sister of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis and the younger half-sister of Servilia Caepionis, the younger Servilia and Quintus Servilius Caepio. She was the aunt of Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the more famous of Julius Caesar's assassins. She was also the aunt of Porcia Catonis and Junia Tertia. After her parents died, she lived with all her siblings in the household of their uncle Marcus Livius Drusus until his assassination in 91 BC. She married Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, who was consul in 54 BC and an ally of her brother Cato. Marcus Tullius Cicero claims that Porcia and her husband were in Naples in 49 BC, when her husband was besieged at Corfinium by Julius Caesar [citation? this sentence doesn't make sense]. In 48 BC, Porcia lost her husband in the Battle of Pharsalus. Porcia died towards the end of 46 BC to the beginning of 45 BC, her funeral elegy was pronounced by Cicero.
  • Pòrcia (Porcia) fou la germana de Cató d'Útica. Va créixer junt al seu germà a la casa del seu oncle Marc Livi Drus ja que els pares havien mort quan era molt jove. Es va casar amb L. Domici F. Cn. N. Aenobarb, que fou un dels caps del partit aristocràtic com el mateix Cató d'Útica. Era a Nàpols quan el seu marit va quedar assetjat a Corfinium per Juli Cèsar; el 48 aC va perdre al seu marit a la batalla de Farsàlia i ella mateix va morir cap al final del 46 aC o començament de l'any 45 aC. Ciceró va pronunciar el seu panegíric al funeral.
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  • Porcia, also known as Porcia Catonis or Porcia the Elder (before 95 BC – 46/45 BC) was the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus and Livia Drusa. She was the elder sister of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis and the younger half-sister of Servilia Caepionis, the younger Servilia and Quintus Servilius Caepio. She was the aunt of Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the more famous of Julius Caesar's assassins. She was also the aunt of Porcia Catonis and Junia Tertia.
  • Pòrcia (Porcia) fou la germana de Cató d'Útica. Va créixer junt al seu germà a la casa del seu oncle Marc Livi Drus ja que els pares havien mort quan era molt jove. Es va casar amb L. Domici F. Cn. N. Aenobarb, que fou un dels caps del partit aristocràtic com el mateix Cató d'Útica.
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  • Porcia (sister of Cato the Younger)
  • Pòrcia (germana de Cató)
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