Livia Medullina

Livia Medullina
Livia Medullina from "Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum"
Born Livia Medullina Camilla
4 BCE
Died 10 (aged 16)
Cause of death Illness
Known for Fiancee of Claudius
Parent(s)
Relatives Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus

Livia Medullina Camilla (fl. 1st century) was the second fiancee of the future Emperor Claudius.[1] She was the daughter of M. Furius Camillus,[2] the consul of 8 AD, who was a close friend of the Emperor Tiberius.[3] Her brother was L. Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus,[4] who served in 32 AD as consul along with Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and had been adopted by Lucius Arruntius the Younger.[5]

She was betrothed to Claudius sometime after his first engagement to his relative Aemilia Lepida was broken by Augustus in 8 AD,[6] due to the disgrace of Aemilia's parents.[7] 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 in Lives of the Twelve Caesars states that Medullina unexpectedly fell ill and died on the day of her wedding to Claudius,[8] possibly in 9 or 10 AD.[9]

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

In Literature

  • Livia Medullina is referred to in Robert Graves' novel I, Claudius as Medullina Camilla; she is depicted as an early love of Claudius who is able to look past his infirmities. Against Livia Drusilla's wishes Claudius is permitted to marry Camilla by Germanicus and Augustus, but is robbed of happiness on the day of their engagement as she is assassinated for an unrelated vendetta against Camilla's uncle.

References

  1. ↑ Stuart, Meriwether (July 1936). "The Date of the Inscription of Claudius on the Arch of Ticinum". American Journal of Archaeology. Archaeological Institute of America. 40 (3): 314–322. doi:10.2307/498692. JSTOR 498692.
  2. ↑ Syme, Ronald (8 August 2002). The Roman Revolution. OUP Oxford. p. 553. ISBN 9780192803207.
  3. ↑ Pettinger, Andrew (24 May 2012). The Republic in Danger: Drusus Libo and the Succession of Tiberius. OUP Oxford. p. 230. ISBN 9780199601745.
  4. ↑ Wiseman, T. P. (1982). "Calpurnius Siculus and the Claudian Civil War". The Journal of Roman Studies. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. 72: 57–67. doi:10.2307/299116. JSTOR 299116.
  5. ↑ Cooley, Alison (13 September 2012). The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy. Cambridge University Press. p. 460. ISBN 9780521840262.
  6. ↑ Levick, Barbara (13 July 2003). Tiberius the Politician. Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 9781134603794.
  7. ↑ Kershaw, Stephen P. (20 June 2013). A Brief History of the Roman Empire. Hachette UK. p. 85. ISBN 9781780330495.
  8. ↑ Mudd, Mary (2005). I, Livia: The Counterfeit Criminal. the Story of a Much Maligned Woman. Trafford Publishing. p. 338. ISBN 9781412046060.
  9. ↑ Vagi, David L. (2010). "Tiberius Claudius Drusus († AD 20), Son of Claudius and Urgulanilla". American Journal of Numismatics. American Numismatic Society. 22: 81–92. JSTOR 43580457.

Bibliography

  • 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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