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Aemilia Lepida is a Latin feminine given name that was given to the daughters of various Aemilius Lepiduses ( Aemilii Lepidi ), men belonging to the Lepidus branch of the Aemilia gens ( family ) that was founded by the Marcus Aemilius Lepidus who served as consul in 285 BC . The Aemila Lepidas ( Aemiliae Lepidae ) who appear in Roman historians were principally known for their engagements and marriages, with those in the late Republic and early Empire related to the Julio-Claudian dynasty .

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18-569: [REDACTED] Look up lepida in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lepida , witty in Latin, may refer to: Aemilia Lepida , a Roman woman Aemilia Lepida (fiancee of Claudius) (5 BC-?), a noble Roman woman and matron Domitia Lepida the Elder (c. 19 BC-59), the oldest child of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major Domitia Lepida

36-608: A niece of Roman Emperor Augustus and a daughter to Augustus' sister Octavia Minor and Mark Antony . Their children were Domitia Lepida the Elder , Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32) and Domitia Lepida the Younger . Aemilia died before 31 BC. Aemilia Lepida was a Roman noble woman who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the first wife of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Faustus , who was consul in 5 BC. The couple had several children including her son, suffect consul of 31, Faustus Cornelius Sulla Lucullus . One of her daughters-in-law

54-523: The Ara Pacis (an altar from the Augustan Era), displays Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and his elder sister. The woman behind Domitia and Domitius is allegedly their mother Antonia Major and the man next to Antonia Major is allegedly her husband Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, so identified in 1903 by Alfred von Domaszewski. However, the only son of Antonia and Ahenobarbus was born in 1 BC, which is after

72-457: The Ara Pacis was completed and inaugurated. This means the boy on the frieze cannot be the infamous Gnaeus (father of Nero). Sir Ronald Syme has argued the two children are actually a lost elder son Lucius and another unknown sister. In reality, the entire family seems to be another family, probably the family of one of Augustus's other three nieces. We know a lot about the children born and

90-538: The Elder (born August/September 39 BC) was a niece of the first Roman emperor, Augustus , being the eldest daughter of Octavia the Younger and her second husband, the Triumvir Mark Antony . She married Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and became the paternal grandmother of the emperor Nero . Antonia was born in Athens , Greece, and after 36 BC she, her siblings, and her mother were brought to Rome. She

108-608: The Games were held. Other distinguished ladies, accompanied her into the theatre and protested her innocence to Emperor Tiberius . She was found guilty and was exiled. Aemilia Lepida was daughter of Manius Aemilius Lepidus , consul in AD 11. This Aemilia Lepida is usually identified with Lepida, wife of the short-lived Roman Emperor Galba . The couple had two sons before her death. She died relatively young, and their sons also died young. Galba never remarried. When Lepida lived, Agrippina

126-577: The Roman emperors and the Senate, she married her second cousin Drusus Caesar . According to Dio she was rumoured to have been a mistress of Sejanus . Tacitus reports that during their marriage "she had pursued her husband with ceaseless accusations". In 36, she was charged with adultery with a slave and committed suicide, "since there was no question about her guilt". Antonia Major Antonia

144-437: The Younger (a widow after Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus ' death) tried to make shameless advances to Galba, who was devoted to his wife and thus completely uninterested. On one occasion Lepida's mother gave Agrippina the Younger, while in the company of a whole bevy of married women, a public reprimand and slapped her in the face. Aemilia Lepida (4/3 BC – ?) was the daughter of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and his wife Julia

162-550: The Younger (c. 10 BC-54), the younger daughter of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major Junia Lepida (c. 18-65), a Roman noble woman a mountaintop of Mount Erymanthos in Greece Lepida Gorge of Parnon in Arcadia , Greece See also [ edit ] Lepidus (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

180-539: The Younger . She was the first great-grandchild of the Emperor Augustus , and at one time was a fiancée of the future Emperor Claudius . Lepida had several children with her husband, Marcus Junius Silanus, and two of her sons became consuls. Aemilia Lepida (died 36) was daughter of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , consul in 6 and niece to the consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus (executed 14 AD). Despite her uncle's disgrace, and due to her father's high standing with

198-458: The bitter tone of Archilochus , but avoiding his license and puerility. Lepida and Cato were first cousins with Lepida's father and Cato's mother being blood siblings. Aemilia Lepida may have been the name of the wife of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC) , due to the name of Ahenobarbus's granddaughter, Domitia Lepida the Younger . Her only child was her son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC) . Her son married Antonia Major ,

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216-413: The consul Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. Three of their children are known for certain: It is also likely that they had another son named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (born between 20 and 17 BC), and possibly also a third daughter (born around 23 BC). Syme thinks its possible that the daughter may have lived to marry and produce children, but probably died before the reign of Caligula. Many scholars think

234-457: The title Lepida . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lepida&oldid=992948055 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Aemilia Lepida This Aemilia

252-420: The wealthy senator Publius Sulpicius Quirinius . In her younger years, she was engaged to Emperor Augustus ’ heir Lucius Caesar . She had borne a daughter to senator Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus . In 20, she was charged with adultery, poisoning, consulting astrologers, falsely to claim to bear a son to her ex-husband and attempting to poison her ex-husband. At her trial her brother defended her. During her trial,

270-441: Was Domitia Lepida the Younger a great niece of Emperor Augustus and a granddaughter of triumvir Mark Antony . One of her grandchildren was consul Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix . A relative of Claudia Marcella Minor is attested to have been a wife of a Servilius. She may have been the daughter of Lepidus the triumvir. Aemilia Lepida was the niece of Lepidus the Younger and sister to Manius Aemilius Lepidus . She married

288-609: Was daughter of Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus , wife of Metellus Scipio and former fiancée of Cato . Her daughter was Cornelia Metella , last wife and widow of Pompey the Great. Although Aemilia Lepida was engaged to be married to Cato the Younger , she in fact married someone else, leaving Cato to marry Atilia . In the words of Plutarch : When [Cato] thought that he was old enough to marry — and up to that time he had consorted with no woman — he engaged himself to Lepida, who had formerly been betrothed to Metellus Scipio, but

306-430: Was now free, since Scipio had rejected her and the betrothal had been broken. However, before the marriage Scipio changed his mind again, and by dint of every effort got the maid. Cato was greatly exasperated and inflamed by this, and attempted to go to law about it; but his friends prevented this, and so, in his rage and youthful fervour, he betook himself to iambic verse, and heaped much scornful abuse upon Scipio, adopting

324-486: Was raised by her mother, her uncle, and her aunt Livia Drusilla. According to Cassius Dio , after her father died Augustus allowed her and her younger sister, Antonia Minor , to benefit from their father's estate in Rome. Although little is known of her, Antonia was held in high regard like her sister Antonia Minor, the mother of the emperor Claudius, who was celebrated for her beauty and virtue. Around 23 BC Antonia married

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