Livilla, daughter-in-law of Tiberius Augustus Children    Natural - Julia the Elder    Adoptive - Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar, Agrippa Postumus, Tiberius Tiberius Children    Natural - Julius Caesar Drusus    Adoptive - Germanicus Caligula Children    Natural - Julia Drusilla    Adoptive - Tiberius Gemellus Claudius Children    Natural - Claudia Antonia, Claudia Octavia, Britannicus    Adoptive - Nero Nero Children    Natural - Claudia Augusta

(Claudia) Livia Julia (Classical Latin: LIVIA•IVLIA^[1]), most commonly known by her family nickname of Livilla (the "little Livia") (circa 13 BC–AD 31) was the only daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia. Her chief role in the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty was as a bride — and alleged murderer — of the heir apparent to the Principate during the reigns of Augustus and her uncle Tiberius. The Julio-Claudian dynasty was the series of the first five Roman Emperors. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (463x639, 173 KB)Damaged portrait head of Livilla (?), sister of Germanicus and daughter-in-law of Tiberius. ... Augustus (Latin: IMPERATOR CAESAR DIVI FILIVS AVGVSTVS;[1] September 23, 63 BC – August 19, AD 14), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (in English Octavian) for the period of his life prior to 27 BC, was the first and among the most important of the Roman Emperors. ... 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She was a granddaughter of the empress Livia (after which she was named), sister of Germanicus and Claudius, daughter-in-law of Agrippa and Tiberius, and aunt of Caligula, Agrippina the Younger and Britannicus. See also the Julio-Claudian family tree. A cult statue of Livia represented as Ops, with sheaf of wheat and cornucopia, 1st century. ... Bust of Germanicus. ... For other uses, see Claudius (disambiguation). ... Marcus Agrippa Agrippa redirects here. ... Tiberius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16, 42 BC – March 16 AD 37), was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37. ... Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 31, 12 – January 24, 41), most commonly known as Caligula, was the third Roman Emperor and a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from 37 to 41. ... Julia Agrippina (Classical Latin: IVLIA•AGRIPPINA; from the year 50, called IVLIA•AVGVSTA•AGRIPPINA[1]), most commonly known as Agrippina Minor or Agrippina the Younger (November 6, 15 – March 59), was the daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina Major. ... Britannicus (41 - 55 A.D.) was the son of the Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Messalina. ... The Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire has a family tree complicated by multiple marriages between the members of the gens Julia and the gens Claudia. ...

We know little of her relationships with her family members, though Suetonius (Suet. Vita Claudii, 2.2) reports that she despised her younger brother Claudius (having heard he would one day become emperor, she deplored publicly such a fate for the Roman people). She may have felt resentment and jealousy over her sister-in-law Agrippina the Elder, the arrogant wife of Germanicus, to whom she was unfavourably compared (Tacitus, Annals, 2.43). Indeed, Agrippina fared much better in producing imperial heirs to the household and was much more popular. However, Tacitus informs us that Livilla was a remarkably beautiful woman, despite the fact she was rather ungainly as a child (Annals, 4.3). As most of the female members of the Julio-Claudian clan, she may also have been very ambitious, especially for her male offspring. This article is about the Roman historian. ... Agrippina the Elder, wife of Germanicus (Vipsania) Agrippina (PIR1 V 463) 14 BC – 18 October AD 33), most commonly known as Agrippina Major or Agrippina the Elder, was one of the most prominent women in the Roman Empire in the early 1st century AD. She was the daughter of Marcus... Gaius Cornelius Tacitus Publius (or: Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. ...

She was married twice, first in 1 BC to Gaius Caesar, grandson of Augustus and potential successor. He died in 4, and Livilla married her cousin Drusus, son of Tiberius. Her daughter Julia was born shortly after this second wedding. Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 6 BC 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC 1 2 3 4 // Events Births December 25 - Jesus (died about... Gaius Caesar (20 BC - 4 AD) Gaius Julius Caesar (20 BC - 4 AD, most commonly known as Gaius Caesar, was the son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. ...   This article is about the year 4. ... Tiberius Drusus Julius Caesar, also referred to as Drusus II (13 BC-July 1, 23 AD) was the only son of Tiberius and Tiberiuss first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. ... Julia (Classical Latin: IVLIA•DRVSI•CAESARIS•FILIA[1]) (c. ...

In 19 she gave birth to twin sons, Tiberius Gemellus and Germanicus Gemellus; only Tiberius Gemellus survived infancy. In this time it appears she was seduced by Sejanus, the praetorian prefect of Tiberius. Sejanus had designs on the supreme power, and needed to remove Drusus as a potential successor. Ancient sources (Tacitus, Suetonius, Dio Cassius) concur that with Livilla as his accomplice he poisoned her husband. If Drusus was indeed murdered, then it was done so skillfully that his death in 23 seemed natural and caused no suspicion. Sejanus' request to marry Livilla in 25 was however rejected by Tiberius. For other uses, see number 19. ... Tiberius Gemellus, son of Drusus the Younger and Livilla Tiberius Julius Caesar Nero , known as Tiberius Gemellus, (10 October AD 19–AD 37 or 38) was the son of Drusus and Livilla, the grandson of Tiberius, and the cousin of Gaius Caligula. ... Lucius Aelius Seianus (or Sejanus) (20 BC – October 18, 31 AD) was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of Tiberius, and for a time the most influential and feared citizen of Rome. ... Praetorian prefect (Latin Praefectus praetorio) was the constant title of a high office in the Roman state that changed fundamentally in nature. ... Gaius Cornelius Tacitus Publius (or: Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dio Cassius Cocceianus (c. ... Events Rome Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus - it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world. ...

In 31 Tiberius finally allowed Livilla and Sejanus to be betrothed. Yet in that same year Tiberius received evidence from his sister-in-law Antonia that Sejanus planned to overthrow him. Tiberius had Sejanus denounced in the Senate, then arrested and dragged off to prison to be put to death. A bloody purge then erupted in Rome, most of Sejanus' family and followers sharing his fate. Among the innocent victims of the purge were Sejanus' children. Aelius Strabo, the eldest, was the first to be executed. Upon learning of his death, Sejanus' former wife Apicata committed suicide, but not before addressing a letter to Tiberius claiming that Drusus had been poisoned, with the complicity of Livilla. Drusus’ cupbearer Lygdus and Livilla's physician Eudemus were now tortured, and seemed to confirm Apicata’s accusation. Livilla too perished, whether by execution or suicide. Dio Cassius (58.11.7) mentions one version of her fate, namely that out of regard for her mother Tiberius handed Livilla over to her for punishment, whereupon Antonia locked her in her room and starved her to death. Events Aelius Sejanus named co-Consul to the Emperor Tiberius Naevius Sutorius Macro becomes the leader of the Praetorian Guard after Sejanus is executed. ... Antonia can refer to: Roman Antiquity The name of any women of the Antonius family in Ancient Rome, according to the Roman naming convention. ... Dio Cassius Cocceianus (c. ... Antonia can refer to: Roman Antiquity The name of any women of the Antonius family in Ancient Rome, according to the Roman naming convention. ...

At the beginning of 32 the Senate proposed "terrible decrees...against her very statues and memory" (Tacitus, Annals 6.2). There were to be further allegations of adultery - with her physician Eudemus (Pliny NH 29.20) and with the great senator Mamercus Scaurus (Annales 6.29; Dio Cassius 58.24.5).

Portraiture

The iconographic identification of Livilla has posed many problems to date, mainly due to the damnatio memoriae voted against this princess by the Senate after her death. Several possibilities have been advanced but none has to date received widespread acceptance. However, a portrait type that survives in at least three replicas and which we may refer to as the Alesia type may very well represent Livilla. As seen in the picture above, it shows the head of a lady in her blossom years, with a hairstyle clearly from the tiberian period. The physiognomy is close but not identical to portraits of Antonia Minor, Livilla's mother, and some replicas seem to bear the marks of voluntary damage (that one would expect from a damnatio memoriae). For all these reasons, it has been proposed to see in this portrait type a representation of Livilla.

Reference:
Queyrel F., « Une princesse Julio-claudienne à Alésia », in Revue. archéologique de l'Est et du Centre Est, 1993, n°44, pp. 411-428.

A cameo portrait apparently of Livilla, with the silhouettes of two infants, can be seen at http://home.earthlink.net/~jburns31780/gasvips.htm. (Figure 10).

Appearance in media

Livilla as played by the actress Susan Sarandon in the 1985 epic miniseries A.D. Anno Domini

The character of Livilla has appeared in the BBC TV series I, Claudius and was played the British actress Patricia Quinn. In the 1985 epic miniseries A.D. Anno Domini, which chronicles the very beginning of Christianity and its struggle with the Roman Empire, the character of Livilla was played by the famous Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon. Image File history File links Susan_Sarandon_Livilla. ... Image File history File links Susan_Sarandon_Livilla. ... A.D. (Anno Domini) is a British/Italian miniseries from 1985 in 6 parts which tells the Acts of the Apostles. ... I, Claudius is a novel by Robert Graves, (ISBN 067972477X) first published in 1934, dealing sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesars assassination in 44 BC to Caligulas assassination in 41 AD... Quinn with Richard OBrien and Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ... A.D. (Anno Domini) is a British/Italian miniseries from 1985 in 6 parts which tells the Acts of the Apostles. ... Sarandon in The Banger Sisters Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...

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