Information AboutScribonia |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT SCRIBONIA | |
| julio-claudian dynasty | |
| ancient roman women | |
| 1st century bc births | |
| 16 deaths | |
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According to Suetonius , before marrying Octavius (future Caesar Augustus ), she had been previously married to two former consuls. Her first husband is unknown, however her second husband was Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito . They had a daughter Cornelia Scipio who married Lucius Aemilius Paullus who served as a censor. Salvito committed suicide in 46BC, after Caesar won the Civil War. He was a supporter of Pompey The Great . In 40 BC Octavian , who was younger than her by ten years, divorced Clodia (His first wife) and married her to cement a political alliance with her great-uncle Sextus Pompeius . Their daughter Julia The Elder was born in 39 BC , probably in October, and on that very same day Octavian divorced her [ Dio Cassius 48.34.3]). Their marriage had not been a happy one; Octavian felt she nagged him too much and disliked that she used him to threaten others. She never remarried. When her daughter was sent into exile for prodigious Adultery she accompanied her, feeling guilty that she had evidently not been a sufficient role model for Julia to follow. When Tiberius came into power, he separated Scribonia from her daughter, and allegedly starved Julia to death. Scribonia died two years later exile; many modern historians consider her an ideal example of the Roman matron. Scribonia in Drama/Literature Little is known about Scibonia, but she is mentioned in various dramas and novels, each having a different opinion on what she was like. Literature
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