Livia Drusilla

Mortal Roman empress, mother of the emperor Tiberius and of Drusus the Elder by her first husband Tiberius Claudius Nero; second wife of Augustus and, after his death, Iulia Augusta. Deified by her grandson Claudius.

Domains

• roman imperial household

Epithets

• Iulia Augusta Latin · Iulia Augusta · officialthe name and rank she took on Augustus's death and adoption into the gens IuliaTacitus, Annals 1; Suetonius, Augustus (primary)
• Diva Augusta Latin · Diva Augusta · cultthe Deified Augusta (posthumous, from 42 CE)Suetonius, Claudius; Cassius Dio 60 (primary)

Relations

• mother of: TiberiusMother of the emperor Tiberius.Suetonius, Tiberius 4 (primary)
• mother of: Drusus the ElderMother of Drusus the Elder.Suetonius, Claudius 1; Cassius Dio 48.44 (primary)
• spouse: Tiberius Claudius NeroFirst husband.Suetonius, Tiberius 4 (primary)
• spouse: AugustusSecond husband; she became empress consort.Suetonius, Divus Augustus 62; Cassius Dio 48.44 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Tacitus, Annales 1.3-1.14, 5.1; Suetonius, Tiberius 4, Divus Augustus 62; Cassius Dio 48-58; Velleius Paterculus 2.75, 2.94 (primary)