Livia Drusilla (lĭv`ēə dr
sĭl`ə), c.55 B.C.–A.D. 29, Roman matron; mother of the Roman emperor Tiberius Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus) (tībēr`ēəs), 42 B.C.–A.D. 37, second Roman emperor (A.D. 14–A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. . She first married Tiberius Claudius Nero. Tiberius was his son. In 38 B.C., Augustus Augustus (ôgŭs`təs, əgŭs`–), 63 B.C.–A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. forced her husband to divorce her so that he might marry her himself. Her son Drusus Senior (see Drusus Marcus Livius Drusus, d. 109? B.C., tribune of the people (122) with Caius Sempronius Gracchus (see under Gracchi ). As a member of the senatorial party he led a successful attack on Gracchus by making more extreme democratic proposals than Gracchus had dared to.
..... Click the link for more information. ), born soon after her remarriage, was not the son of Augustus but of her first husband. On the accession of her son Tiberius, Livia Drusilla attempted unsuccessfully to control the government. She was known for her dignity, intelligence, and ambition.
Livia Drusilla
sĭl`ə), c.55 B.C.–A.D. 29, Roman matron; mother of the Roman emperor Tiberius Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus) (tībēr`ēəs), 42 B.C.–A.D. 37, second Roman emperor (A.D. 14–A.D...... Click the link for more information. . She first married Tiberius Claudius Nero. Tiberius was his son. In 38 B.C., Augustus Augustus (ôgŭs`təs, əgŭs`–), 63 B.C.–A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. forced her husband to divorce her so that he might marry her himself. Her son Drusus Senior (see Drusus Marcus Livius Drusus, d. 109? B.C., tribune of the people (122) with Caius Sempronius Gracchus (see under Gracchi ). As a member of the senatorial party he led a successful attack on Gracchus by making more extreme democratic proposals than Gracchus had dared to.
..... Click the link for more information. ), born soon after her remarriage, was not the son of Augustus but of her first husband. On the accession of her son Tiberius, Livia Drusilla attempted unsuccessfully to control the government. She was known for her dignity, intelligence, and ambition.
Livia Drusilla
58 bc--29 ad, Roman noblewoman: wife (from 39 bc) of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius
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