Julia. Julia the Elder, known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia, was the daughter and only biological child of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, and his second wife, Scribonia.
Julia was also stepsister and second wife of the Emperor Tiberius; maternal grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and the Empress Agrippina the Younger; grandmother-in-law of the Emperor Claudius; and maternal great-grandmother of the Emperor Nero. Her epithet the Elder distinguishes her from her daughter, Julia the Younger.
At the time of Julia's birth, 39 BC, Augustus had not yet received the title Augustus and was known as Gaius Julius Caesar Divi Filius, though historians refer to him as Octavian until 27 BC, when Julia was 11. Octavian divorced Julia's mother on the day of her birth and took Julia from her soon thereafter. Octavian, in accordance with Roman custom, claimed complete parental control over her.
She was sent to live with her stepmother Livia and when she was old enough learned how to be an aristocrat. Her education appears to have been strict and somewhat old-fashioned.
Thus, in addition to her studies, Suetonius informs us, she was taught spinning and weaving. Macrobius mentions her love of literature and considerable culture, a thing easy to come by in that household. Julia's social life was severely controlled, and she was allowed to talk only to people wh
Julia was also stepsister and second wife of the Emperor Tiberius; maternal grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and the Empress Agrippina the Younger; grandmother-in-law of the Emperor Claudius; and maternal great-grandmother of the Emperor Nero. Her epithet the Elder distinguishes her from her daughter, Julia the Younger.
At the time of Julia's birth, 39 BC, Augustus had not yet received the title Augustus and was known as Gaius Julius Caesar Divi Filius, though historians refer to him as Octavian until 27 BC, when Julia was 11. Octavian divorced Julia's mother on the day of her birth and took Julia from her soon thereafter. Octavian, in accordance with Roman custom, claimed complete parental control over her.
She was sent to live with her stepmother Livia and when she was old enough learned how to be an aristocrat. Her education appears to have been strict and somewhat old-fashioned.
Thus, in addition to her studies, Suetonius informs us, she was taught spinning and weaving. Macrobius mentions her love of literature and considerable culture, a thing easy to come by in that household. Julia's social life was severely controlled, and she was allowed to talk only to people wh
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