Aemilia Lepida (fiancee of Claudius) facts for kids
Aemilia Lepida (born 5 BC – died around 43 AD) was an important Roman noblewoman. She was the first great-grandchild of the famous Roman Emperor Augustus.
Aemilia Lepida's Life Story
Her Early Years
Aemilia Lepida was the first great-grandchild of Emperor Augustus and his wife Scribonia. Her mother was Julia the Younger, who was the daughter of Augustus's only child, Julia the Elder. Aemilia's father was Lucius Aemilius Paullus. His family, the Aemilii Lepidi, was a very old and respected noble family in Rome.
It is thought that Aemilia Lepida might have had a brother named Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (born 6 AD – died 39 AD). He was married to Julia Drusilla, who was a favorite sister of Emperor Caligula.
Her Marriage and Family
When Aemilia Lepida was younger, she was supposed to marry Claudius, who later became emperor. However, her parents upset Emperor Augustus, so he called off the engagement. Her father, Lucius, faced serious trouble in 14 AD because of a plot against Augustus.
By 13 AD, Aemilia Lepida had married Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus. He was from another old and noble Roman family, the gens Junia. Aemilia and Marcus had several children:
- Marcus Junius Silanus (born 14 AD – died 54 AD). He was a consul, a high-ranking official, in 46 AD.
- Junia Calvina (lived around 79 AD). She married Lucius Vitellius, whose brother later became Emperor Vitellius.
- Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus (died 49 AD). He was a praetor, another important official, in 48 AD. He was engaged to Octavia, who was the daughter of Emperor Claudius.
- Junia Lepida. She married Gaius Cassius Longinus. Junia Lepida helped raise her nephew, Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus the younger (born 50 AD – died 66 AD), after his father, Marcus, died. Junia Lepida was also the grandmother of Empress Domitia Longina.
The exact time of Aemilia Lepida's death is not known.
See also
In Spanish: Emilia Lépida para niños
- Junia gens
Sources
- Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, De Vita Caesarum, Claudius, 26.
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Annales.
