Scribonia

Scribonia (d. AD 16) was the daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo and Cornelia, the granddaughter of Pompey the Great and Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Her brother of the same name was consul and died in 34 BC.

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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.

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In 40 BC Octavian, who was younger than her, married her to cement a political alliance with her great-uncle Sextus Pompeius. Their daughter Julia Caesaris was born in 39 BC, a few days before their divorce.

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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. She died in exile; many modern historians consider her an ideal example of the Roman matron.

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Lucius Scribonius Libo: There were three Lucius Scribonius Libo in the Roman Republic, all member of the gens Scribonia:...

Cornelia: In Ancient Rome, Cornelia was the name of the women born in all the branches of the Cornelii family. Women's names were their father's gens and cognomen declined in the female form. Famous Cornelias include:...

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