Livia Medullina

Livia Medullina

Livia Medullina Camilla (fl. 1st Century) was the second fiancee of the future emperor Claudius. She was the daughter of M. Furius Camillus, the consul of 8, who was a close friend of the emperor Tiberius. Her brother, apparently adopted, was L. Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, consul of 32.

She was betrothed to Claudius sometime after his first engagement to his relative Aemilia Lepida was broken by Augustus in 8 AD, due to the disgrace of Aemilia's parents. Tiberius probably pushed for the new betrothal in order to reward his friend with a connection to the imperial family. The betrothal of Medullina and Claudius is confirmed outside the written records by an extant inscription erected by Medullina's pedagogue. The dedication is to "Medullina Camilli f. Ti Claudi Neronis Germanici sponsa (Medullina, daughter of Camillus, betrothed of Ti. Claudius Nero Germanicus)."

Suetonius states that Medullina unexpectedly fell ill and died on the day of her wedding to Claudius, possibly in 9 or 10.

Strangely, Medullina's brother Scribonianus was the instigator of the first major coup attempt of Claudius' reign, while governor of Dalmatia in 42.

References

*Levick, Barbara. Claudius. Yale University Press. New Haven.
*Stuart, M. "The Date of the Inscription of Claudius on the Arch of Ticinum" "Am. J. Arch." 40 (1936). 314-322.
*Suetonius The Twelve Caesars "Life of Claudius"


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