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Julia Minor (Minor Latin for the younger) or Julilla (little Julia) (Classical Latin
Classical Latin

Classical Latin is the form of the Latin used by the ancient Rome in what is usually regarded as "classical" Latin literature. Its use spanned the Golden Age of Latin literature—broadly the 1st century BC and the early 1st century AD—possibly extending to the Silver Age—broadly the 1st and 2nd centuries....
: IVLIA•MINOR, 19 BC-28 or early 29) was a Roman Princess. She was the eldest daughter and second child born to Roman Statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and minister to Octavian, the future emperor Caesar Augustus....
 and Julia the Elder
Julia the Elder

Julia the Elder , known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia was the daughter and only natural child of Augustus....
. She was the first granddaughter of 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....
 Augustus. Her full blooded sister was Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the elder

Vipsania Agrippina or most commonly known as Agrippina Major was a distinguished and prominent Roman Princess that lived between the 1st century BC and 1st century....
. Along with her sister, Julia was raised and educated by her maternal grandfather Augustus and her maternal step-grandmother Empress Livia
Livia

Livia Drusilla, after 14 AD called Julia Augusta was the wife of Augustus and one of the most powerful women in the Roman Empire, being Augustus' faithful advisor....
 Drusilla.

t 5 BC or 6 BC, Augustus arranged her to marry Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 1).






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Julia Minor (Minor Latin for the younger) or Julilla (little Julia) (Classical Latin
Classical Latin

Classical Latin is the form of the Latin used by the ancient Rome in what is usually regarded as "classical" Latin literature. Its use spanned the Golden Age of Latin literature—broadly the 1st century BC and the early 1st century AD—possibly extending to the Silver Age—broadly the 1st and 2nd centuries....
: IVLIA•MINOR, 19 BC-28 or early 29) was a Roman Princess. She was the eldest daughter and second child born to Roman Statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and minister to Octavian, the future emperor Caesar Augustus....
 and Julia the Elder
Julia the Elder

Julia the Elder , known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia was the daughter and only natural child of Augustus....
. She was the first granddaughter of 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....
 Augustus. Her full blooded sister was Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the elder

Vipsania Agrippina or most commonly known as Agrippina Major was a distinguished and prominent Roman Princess that lived between the 1st century BC and 1st century....
. Along with her sister, Julia was raised and educated by her maternal grandfather Augustus and her maternal step-grandmother Empress Livia
Livia

Livia Drusilla, after 14 AD called Julia Augusta was the wife of Augustus and one of the most powerful women in the Roman Empire, being Augustus' faithful advisor....
 Drusilla.

Life

About 5 BC or 6 BC, Augustus arranged her to marry Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 1). Paullus had a family relation to her as her first half-cousin, as both had 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....
 as grandmother: Julia's mother was a daughter of Scribonia by Augustus; Paullus' mother, Cornelia Scipio
Cornelia Scipio

Cornelia Scipio or Cornelia Scipionis was the daughter of Scribonia and consul Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito. She married the censor Lucius Aemilius Paullus....
, was a daughter of Scribonia resulting from her earlier marriage to Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito
Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito

Publius Cornelius Scipio ?Salvito? was a consul who lived in the late Roman Republic. He was a member of the Cornelius gens and a relative of Scipio Africanus, the Roman general who defeated Hannibal....
.

Paullus and Julia had a daughter, Aemilia Lepida
Aemilia Lepida (fiancee of Claudius)

Aemilia Lepida was a noble Roman woman and matron. She was the eldest daughter and first born child of Julia the Younger and consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus ....
 and a son, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
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....
. According to Suetonius, she built a large pretentious country house. Augustus disliked large overdone houses and had it demolished.

In 8, according to ancient historians, Julia was exiled for having an affair with Decimus Junius Silanus, a Roman Senator. She was sent to Trimerus
Tremiti Islands

Tremiti is an archipelago of the Adriatic Sea, north of the Monte Gargano. It constitutes a comune of Italy's Province of Foggia, and forms part of the Gargano national park ; the name of the islands is linked to their increased seismic hazard, with a history of earthquakes - the source word tremolanti is linked to tremors....
, a small Italian island, where she gave birth to a child. Augustus rejected the infant and ordered it to be exposed, or left on a mountainside to die. Silanus went into voluntary exile, but returned under Tiberius' reign.

Sometime between 1 and 14, her husband Paullus was executed as a conspirator in a revolt. Modern historians theorize that Julia's exile was not actually for adultery but for involvement in Paulus' revolt. Livia
Livia

Livia Drusilla, after 14 AD called Julia Augusta was the wife of Augustus and one of the most powerful women in the Roman Empire, being Augustus' faithful advisor....
 Drusilla plotted against her stepdaughter's family and ruined them. This led to open compassion for the fallen family. Julia died on the same island where she had been sent in exile twenty years earlier. Due to the adultery that Julia committed, Augustus stated in his will that she would never be buried in Rome.. She was survived by her son and daughter and by several grandchildren.

Variants of her name

Julia is also mentioned under following names:
  • Vipsania Julia Agrippina;
  • Iulilla;
  • Julia, Augustus' granddaughter
  • Julia (Caesaris) minor.
She was not Julia Caesaris
Julia Caesaris

Julia Caesaris is the name of all women in the Julii Caesares patrician family , since feminine names were their father's Roman naming convention and Roman naming convention declined in the female form....
 by birth: being the daughter of a Vipsanius Agrippa makes her a Vipsania Agrippina by birth, although there are no contemporary sources that show that that name would have been used for her. She came to belong to the household of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
Julio-Claudian Dynasty

The Julio-Claudian Dynasty refers to the four Roman Emperors: Tiberius, Caligula , Claudius, and Nero. They ruled the Roman Empire from 27 BC to AD 68, when the last of the line, Nero, committed suicide....
 as she was raised and instructed by her maternal grandfather Augustus. Further Augustus adopted Tiberius
Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
 as his son (and heir), and while Tiberius was remarried to Julia the Elder, Augustus sort of became paternal grandfather to Julia the Elder's children too, including Julia the Younger. A formal adoption "in the family of the Caesar
Julii Caesares

A subdivision of the patrician Julius family in the Roman Republic, the beginnings of the Julian side of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty. All its members had the Roman naming convention#Nomen gentile Julius and the Roman naming convention#cognomen Caesar and can only be told apart by numbers and differing Roman naming convention#Praenomen....
s" among the offspring of M. Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder is however only recorded regarding Vipsania Julia's brothers Gaius — hence Gaius Caesar
Gaius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar , most commonly known as Gaius Caesar or Caius Caesar, was the oldest son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder.....
 — and Lucius — hence Lucius Caesar
Lucius Caesar

Lucius Julius Caesar , most commonly known as Lucius Caesar, was the second son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. He was born with the name Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa, but when he was adopted by his maternal grandfather Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus, his name was changed to Lucius Julius Caesar....
. Her youngest sister (Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the elder

Vipsania Agrippina or most commonly known as Agrippina Major was a distinguished and prominent Roman Princess that lived between the 1st century BC and 1st century....
) and brother (Agrippa Postumus
Agrippa Postumus

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus , also known as Agrippa Postumus or Postumus Agrippa, was a son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder....
) are usually called after their natural father. Likewise, her eldest half-sisters (Vipsania Agrippina
Vipsania Agrippina

Vipsania Agrippina was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa from his first wife Caecilia Attica, granddaughter of Cicero's friend and knight Titus Pomponius Atticus....
 and Vipsania Marcella
Vipsania Marcella

Vipsania Marcella Agrippina or Marcellina was the only daughter to Roman statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa from his second wife Claudia Marcella Major....
) were named after their father Vipsanius (Agrippa). Her youngest half-brother, unnamed in contemporary sources, was later sometimes dubbed Tiberillus, after his father Tiberius.

Note that also the youngest of the two sisters of Julius Caesar
Julia Caesaris (sister of Julius Caesar)

Julia is the name of two daughters of praetor Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia Cotta, the parents of dictator Gaius Julius Caesar. The sisters were born and raised in Rome....
 is sometimes named Julia (Caesaris) minor by historians.

See Also

  • Julio-Claudian family tree
    Julio-Claudian family tree

    The Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire has a family tree complicated by multiple marriages between the members of the gens Julia and the gens Claudia....


External links

  • The Archeological museum of the University of Innsbruck displays a sculpted head that is presumably Vipsania Julia's: .