In the year 10 he was appointed coregent with Augustus. By the marriage of his mother with Emperor Augustus he became the latter's stepson, and was adopted by Augustus in A.D. He was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99. These connections, resulting from strategic adoptions and marriages, created family alliances that Livia maintained and which help explain the rise of certain families early in the principate of Augustus.Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. From these men Livia derived social status and aristocratic connections that made marriage to her particularly attractive to Octavian. Livius Drusus Claudianus, and her first husband, Ti. Yet while Livia is a well-documented figure in her own right during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, most of what is known about the first twenty years of her life stems from her relationship with the two men who dominated her early and teenage years: her father, M. As a result, the importance of Livia in the ancient sources has also provided fertile ground for modern authors.
This issue previous article in this issueĬontinued interest in the role of women in antiquity and in the dynastic arrangements of the Julio-Claudian dynasty has focused considerable attention on the prominent figure of Livia Drusilla, wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius.
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