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Aemilia Lepida (4/3 BC-53) was a noble Roman woman and matron. She was the eldest daughter and first born child of Julia the Younger
Julia the Younger

Julia Minor or Julilla was a Roman Princess. She was the eldest daughter and second child born to Roman Statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder....
 (the first granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus) and consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Her father was of a distinguished and ancient patrician family. She was the first great-grandchild of Emperor Augustus, noble woman Scribonia
Scribonia

Scribonia was the daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo and Cornelia Sulla . Her brother of the same name was consul and died in 34 BC. She was the second wife of Roman Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only natural child, Julia the Elder....
 and a great-grandchild of consul Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (brother of the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ,born ca 90 BC died 13 BC, was a patrician Ancient Rome politician of the 1st century BC who rose to become a member of the Second Triumvirate and Pontifex Maximus....
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Aemilia Lepida (4/3 BC-53) was a noble Roman woman and matron. She was the eldest daughter and first born child of Julia the Younger
Julia the Younger

Julia Minor or Julilla was a Roman Princess. She was the eldest daughter and second child born to Roman Statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder....
 (the first granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus) and consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Her father was of a distinguished and ancient patrician family. She was the first great-grandchild of Emperor Augustus, noble woman Scribonia
Scribonia

Scribonia was the daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo and Cornelia Sulla . Her brother of the same name was consul and died in 34 BC. She was the second wife of Roman Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only natural child, Julia the Elder....
 and a great-grandchild of consul Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (brother of the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ,born ca 90 BC died 13 BC, was a patrician Ancient Rome politician of the 1st century BC who rose to become a member of the Second Triumvirate and Pontifex Maximus....
). Aemilia Lepida had a younger brother named Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (6-39)
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (executed 39)

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, was the son of roman consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus . His step-sister Aemilia Lepida was married to Roman Emperor Caligula elder brother Drusus Caesar....
 who was married to Caligula's favorite sister Drusilla and who died in Caligula's reign.

In her younger years, Lepida was betrothed to Claudius
Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
, but her parents fell out of favour with Augustus so the emperor broke off the engagement. In 8, her mother Julia the Younger
Julia the Younger

Julia Minor or Julilla was a Roman Princess. She was the eldest daughter and second child born to Roman Statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder....
 (otherwise called Vipsania Julia) was exiled for adultery, like her mother Julia. Her father Lucius was executed in 14 for participating in a conspiracy against Augustus.

Lepida married by 13 Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus, a member of the patrician branch
Silanus

Silanus is the cognomen of a patrician branch of the Junius family of ancient Rome which came to prominence during the Roman Empire. Important members of this family were three brothers who lived in the reigns of Claudius and Nero who were descended via their mother Aemilia Lepida from the emperor Augustus....
 of the ancient gens Junia. Their children were:

  • Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus
    Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus

    Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus was a consul that lived in the Roman Empire. Marcus was the first born son and child to Aemilia Lepida and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus a member of the Silanus, a family of Ancient Rome....
     (14-by November, 54), who was consul in 46.
  • Junia Calvina
    Junia Calvina

    Junia Calvina was a noble Roman woman. She was the first born daughter and among the children of Aemilia Lepida and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus a member of the Silanus, a family of Ancient Rome....
     (died after 79) who married Lucius Vitellius the Younger
    Lucius Vitellius the younger

    Lucius Vitellius was a Roman who lived in the 1st century. He was the second son of Lucius Vitellius and Sextilia and younger brother of emperor Aulus Vitellius....
     (killed in 69), a brother of the future Roman Emperor
    Roman Emperor

    The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
     Vitellius
    Vitellius

    Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, born Aulus Vitellius and commonly known as Vitellius , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 16 April 69 to 22 December of the same year....
     and was divorced by 49. She was accused of incest with her youngest brother, sent into exile by Emperor Claudius
    Claudius

    Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
     and recalled ten years later by Emperor Nero
    Nero

    Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and final Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty....
     after he killed his own mother.
  • Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus
    Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus

    Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus was a Roman noble who lived in the Roman Empire during the 1st century. He served as a consul in 53. Decimus was the second born son and was among the child born to Aemilia Lepida and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus a member of the Silanus, a family of Ancient Rome....
     (d. 64, forced to commit suicide) who was consul in 53.
  • Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus
    Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus

    In the 1st century, lived two noblemen uncle and nephew, that shared the name Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus who were two descendants of Roman Emperor Augustus....
     the Elder (committed suicide on New Year's Day, 49), praetor in 48 who was engaged to Claudius's
    Claudius

    Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
     daughter Claudia Octavia
    Claudia Octavia

    Claudia Octavia was a Roman Empress, stepsister and first wife to Roman Emperor Nero....
     until Agrippina the Younger
    Agrippina the Younger

    Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor , was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius, sister to Emperor Caligula, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero....
     spread false rumors about his alleged incest with his sister Junia Calvina.
  • Junia Lepida
    Junia Lepida

    Junia Lepida was a Roman noble woman that lived during the Roman Empire in the 1st century. Lepida was the second born daughter and was among the children born of Aemilia Lepida and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus a member of the Silanus, a family of Ancient Rome....
     who married Gaius Cassius Longinus, and raised her nephew Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus
    Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus

    In the 1st century, lived two noblemen uncle and nephew, that shared the name Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus who were two descendants of Roman Emperor Augustus....
     the younger (50-66) after his father Marcus was murdered.


Lepida was killed in 53 on the orders by her maternal cousin Empress Agrippina the Younger
Agrippina the Younger

Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor , was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius, sister to Emperor Caligula, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero....
 for unknown reasons, possibly because of her imperial descent.

Sources

  • Suetonius
    Suetonius

    Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius , was an equestrian and a historian during the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies on the battles of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar until Domitian, entitled On the Life of the Caesars....
     - The Twelve Caesars - Claudius
  • Tacitus
    Tacitus

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman Senate and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories —examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors....
     - The Annals of Imperial Rome