Her father married her to Tiberius Claudius Nero, her cousin of patrician status who was fighting with him on the side of Julius Caesar's assassins against Octavian. Her father also adopted Marcus Livius Drusus Libo. She may have had a brother named Gaius Livius Drusus who had a daughter named Livia Pulchra. The diminutive Drusilla often found in her name suggests that she was not her father's first daughter.
Livia Drusilla was born on 30 January 59 BC as the daughter of Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus by his wife Alfidia. In AD 42, Livia was deified by Claudius, who acknowledged her title of Augusta.īirth and first marriage to Tiberius Claudius Nero Roman imperial dynasties She was the grandmother of the emperor Claudius, great-grandmother of the emperor Caligula, and the great-great-grandmother of the emperor Nero. Livia continued to exert political influence as the mother of the emperor. 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.Īfter Augustus died in AD 14, Tiberius became emperor. The Senate granted Octavian the title Augustus in 27 BC, effectively making him emperor. In 38 BC, she divorced Tiberius Claudius Nero and married the political leader Octavian.
She married Tiberius Claudius Nero around 43 BC, and they had two sons, Tiberius and Drusus. Livia was the daughter of Roman senator Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and his wife Alfidia.
She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14. Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – AD 29) was Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of emperor Augustus.
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