A character sketch of calpurnia as …

Calphurnia ably fulfills the role of an aristocratic wife in Roman society. She's unfailingly loyal, faithful, and (most importantly of all) above suspicion. In keeping with the prevaixistence through her husband. Calphurnia loves Caesar and wants to do everything she can to protect him. That's why she's so unnerved by the terrible nightmares she has leading up to the Ides of March. In one of these nightmares, a smiling mob of plebeians merrily bathes its hands in a blood-spurting fountain. Calphurnia interprets this dream as a bad omen and pleads with her husband not to go to the Senate. But Caesar brushes off Calphurnia's concerns, especially after Decius arrives and offers his own positive spin on the dream. One suspects that if it had been a man who'd had that nightmare, then Caesar would not have set foot outside the house that fateful morning. Caesar's curt dismissal of his wife's concerns illustrates the subordinate position of women in Roman society.

Caesar’s wife. Calpurnia invests great authority in omens and portents. She warns Caesar against going to the Senate on the Ides of March, since she has had terrible nightmares and heard reports of many bad omens. Nevertheless,Caesar’s ambition ultimately causes him to disregard her advice.