Livia drusilla biography of alberta

Livia Drusilla was born in Rome on the 30th of January, 59 BCE. Her father was Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, a Roman Senator, and his mother, Alfidia, came from a wealthy family.

Early in Livia’s life, her father was a sympathizer of the triumvirate and an admirer of Julius Caesar.

Livia drusilla biography of alberta

When Caesar was murdered, though, he swung over to the assassins’ side and fought Octavian and Antony. He eventually died, along with the senators Cassius and Brutus. Livia’s husband at the time, Tiberius Claudius Nero, supported Augustus and Antony, but when the two finally clashed, he backed the more seasoned Antony over the young Octavian.

With Augustus’ victory, she fled to Greece, along with her husband and two-year-old son, Tiberius.

Rise to Power

In 39 BCE, after an amnesty was granted to the triumvirate’s political foes, Livia and her husband felt it was safe to go back to Rome.

When they eventually did, Livia was introduced to Augustus. At the time, Livia