Livia
Wife of Roman emperor Augustus and mother of emperor Tiberius / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – AD 29) was Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of emperor Augustus. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14.
Livia Drusilla | |
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Julia Augusta | |
Roman empress | |
Tenure | 16 January 27 BC – 19 August AD 14 |
Born | 30 January 59 BC[1] Rome, Italy, Roman Republic |
Died | AD 29 (age 86–87) Rome, Italy, Roman Empire |
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Issue | Tiberius Nero Claudius Drusus |
Dynasty | Julio-Claudian |
Father | Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus |
Mother | Alfidia |
Livia was the daughter of senator Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and his wife Alfidia. She married Tiberius Claudius Nero around 43 BC, and they had two sons, Tiberius and Drusus. In 38 BC, she divorced Tiberius Claudius Nero and married the political leader Octavian. The Senate granted Octavian the title Augustus in 27 BC, effectively making him emperor. Livia then became the Roman empress. 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.
After Augustus died in AD 14, Tiberius became emperor. Livia continued to exert political influence as the mother of the emperor. She died in AD 29. She was the grandmother of the emperor Claudius, great-grandmother of the emperor Caligula, and the great-great-grandmother of the emperor Nero. In AD 42, Livia was deified by Claudius, who acknowledged her title of Augusta.