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[a] After Caligula became emperor in 37, he ordered their divorce and married his sister to his friend Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. [4] During an illness in 37, Caligula changed his will to name Drusilla his heir, [5] making her the first woman to be named heir in a Roman imperial will.
Winterling and Schneider state that the order of events suggests that Caligula did not want to marry until a child of his had already been born, a child who would be the purpose of the union. [ 2 ] Soon after his daughter's birth, Caligula set up donation boxes around Rome marked "Julia's Drink" or "Julia's Food".
Caligula was born in Antium on 31 August AD 12, the third of six surviving children of Germanicus and his wife and second cousin, Agrippina the Elder.Germanicus was a grandson of Mark Antony, and Agrippina was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, making her the granddaughter of Augustus. [5]
Caligula and his sisters were accused of having incestuous relationships. On 10 June AD 38, Drusilla died, possibly of a fever, rampant in Rome at the time. Caligula was particularly fond of Drusilla, claiming to treat her as he would his own wife, even though Drusilla had a husband. Following her death, Caligula showed no special love or ...
Drusilla had been married to Lucius Cassius Longinus since 33 but Caligula forced his brother-in-law to divorce Drusilla so that she could marry Lepidus. [4] Cassius Dio and Suetonius both suggest that the emperor and his brother-in-law were lovers. [6] [7] The marriage lasted until Drusilla's death in June 38. They had no children.
Demetrius I Soter and his full sister Laodice V [126] Caligula and his full sisters Julia Livilla, Drusilla, and Agrippina the Younger [127] Herod Agrippa II and his full sister Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa) [128] Lord Byron and his half-sister Augusta Leigh [129] Lucrezia Borgia and her full brother Cesare Borgia [130]
When Aegon the Conqueror took over Westeros, he was already married to his sisters, so the Faith did not comment on these unions. Plus, the Targaryens had just shown the Seven Kingdoms the power ...
Julia Livilla was the youngest great-granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great-niece and adoptive granddaughter of the Emperor Tiberius, sister of the Emperor Caligula, niece of the Emperor Claudius, and through her eldest sister Agrippina the Younger, maternal aunt of the Emperor Nero. In most ancient literary sources, on inscriptions and on ...