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Livia Medullina Camilla (fl. 1st Century) was the second fiancee of the future emperor Claudius. She was the daughter of Furius Camillus, the consul of 8, and a close friend of the emperor Tiberius. Her brother was L. Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, consul of 32. An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... For other uses, see Claudius (disambiguation). ... For the city in Israel, see Tiberias. ...


She was betrothed to Claudius sometime after his first engagement to Aemilia Lepida was broken by Augustus in 8 AD, due to the disgrace of Aemilia's parents. Tiberius probably pushed for the new betrothal in order to reward his friend with a connection to the imperial family. The betrothal of Medullina and Claudius is confirmed outside the written records by an extant inscription erected by Medullina's pedagogue. The dedication is to "Medullina Camilli f. Ti Claudi Neronis Germanici sponsa (Medullina, daughter of Camillus, betrothed of Ti. Claudius Nero Germanicus)." Aemilia Lepida I (4/3 BC - 53) was the eldest daughter to Vipsania Julia and her father Lucius Aemilius Paullus. ... Caesar Augustus (Latin:Imperator Caesari Divi Filius Augustus) ¹ (23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), known to modern historians as Octavian for the period of his life prior to 27 BC, was the first and one of the most important Roman Emperors, though he downplayed his own position by... In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill. ...


Suetonius states that Medullina unexpectedly fell ill and died on the day of her wedding to Claudius, possibly in 9 or 10 AD. This article is about the Roman historian. ...


Strangely, Medullina's brother Scribonianus was the instigator of the first major coup attempt of Claudius' reign, while governor of Dalmatia in 42 AD. Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, (mostly) in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ...


References

  • Levick, Barbara. Claudius. Yale University Press. New Haven.
  • Stuart, M. "The Date of the Inscription of Claudius on the Arch of Ticinum" Am. J. Arch. 40 (1936). 314-322.
  • Suetonius The Twelve Caesars Life of Claudius

 

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