Livia
59 BCE – 29 CE · aged 87
First Roman empress as consort to Augustus, as well as mother of emperor Tiberius
- Born
- 59 BCE · Rome
- Died
- 29 CE · Rome
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- 59 BCEBornBorn in Rome
- 29 CEDiedDied in Rome
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- 27 BCE – 395 CERoman Empire
Biography
Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC –
AD 29) was Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julia gens in AD 14.
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. In her role as Roman empress, Livia served as an influential confidante to her husband and was rumoured to have been responsible for the deaths of several of his relatives, including his grandson Agrippa Postumus.
After Augustus died in AD 14, Tiberius was elevated, and Livia continued to exert political influence as the mother of the emperor until her death in AD 29. She was grandmother of the emperor Claudius, great-grandmother of the emperor Caligula, and great-great-grandmother of the emperor Nero. Livia was deified by Claudius in AD 42, bestowing her the title Diva Augusta.
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