Julia, though so young--even her father was six years younger than Pompey--was devotedly attached to her husband, and he was equally fond of her.

She formed, in fact, a strong bond of union between the two great conquerors as long as she lived.

One day, however, there was a riot at an election, and men were killed so near to Pompey that his robe was covered with blood.

He changed it; the servants carried home the bloody garment which he had taken off, and Julia was so terrified at the sight, thinking that her husband had been killed, that she fainted, and her constitution suffered very severely by the shock.
She lived some time afterward, but finally died under circumstances which indicate that this occurrence was the cause.

Pompey and Caesar now soon became open enemies.