![]() This was ironic as after her first pregnancy by Augustus (which ended in a stillbirth), she was unable to conceive another child. This omen was an indication towards Livia's fertility as she had two sons in her short two years of marriage to Nero. After Octavian received a supposed omen of an eagle dropping a pregnant hen with a laurel branch in her mouth into Livia's lap. Seemingly around that time, when Livia was six months pregnant, Tiberius Claudius Nero was persuaded or forced by Octavian to divorce Livia. Octavian divorced Scribonia on 30 October 39 BC, the very day that she gave birth to his daughter Julia the Elder. Legend said that Octavian fell immediately in love with her, despite the fact that he was still married to Scribonia. At this time, Livia already had a son, the future emperor Tiberius, and was pregnant with the second, Nero Claudius Drusus (also known as Drusus the Elder). Wife to Augustus Īfter peace was established between the Triumvirate and the followers of Sextus Pompeius, a general amnesty was announced, and Livia returned to Rome, where she was personally introduced to Octavian in 39 BC. Later, Livia, her husband Tiberius Nero and their two-year-old son, Tiberius, moved on to Greece. They joined with Sextus Pompeius, a son of Pompey Magnus, who opposed the triumvirate from his base in Sicily. In 40 BC, the family was forced to flee Italy in order to avoid the recriminations of Octavian in the aftermath of the siege of Perusia. ![]() Her first child, the future emperor Tiberius, was born in 42 BC. Her father committed suicide in the Battle of Philippi, along with Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus, but her husband continued fighting against Octavian, now on behalf of Mark Antony and his brother Lucius Antonius. Her father married her to Tiberius Claudius Nero, her cousin of patrician status who was fighting with him on the side of Julius Caesar's assassins against Octavian. Her father also adopted Marcus Livius Drusus Libo. She may have had a brother named Gaius Livius Drusus who had a daughter named Livia Pulchra. The diminutive Drusilla often found in her name suggests that she was not her father's first daughter. Livia Drusilla was born on 30 January 59 BC as the daughter of Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus by his wife Alfidia. In AD 42, Livia was deified by Claudius, who acknowledged her title of Augusta.īirth and first marriage to Tiberius Claudius Nero Roman imperial dynasties She was the grandmother of the emperor Claudius, great-grandmother of the emperor Caligula, and the great-great-grandmother of the emperor Nero. ![]() Livia continued to exert political influence as the mother of the emperor. In this role, she served as an influential confidant of her husband and was rumored to have been responsible for the deaths of a number of Augustus' relatives, including his grandson Agrippa Postumus.Īfter Augustus died in AD 14, Tiberius became emperor. The Senate granted Octavian the title Augustus in 27 BC, effectively making him emperor. In 38 BC, she divorced Tiberius Claudius Nero and married the political leader Octavian. She married Tiberius Claudius Nero around 43 BC, and they had two sons, Tiberius and Drusus. Livia was the daughter of Roman senator Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and his wife Alfidia. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14. Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – AD 29) was Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Emperor Caesar Augustus.
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