Vipsania (wife of Lepidus)

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Vipsania
Spouse(s)Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
ChildrenAemilia Lepida
Parents
Relativesgens Vipsania
Roman imperial dynasties
Julio-Claudian dynasty
Chronology
27 BC – AD 14
AD 14–37
AD 37–41
AD 41–54
AD 54–68
Preceded by
Roman Republic		 Followed by
Year of the Four Emperors

Vipsania (likely born between 27-21 BC and sometimes called Vipsania Marcella Minor or Vipsania Marcellina to differentiate her from her sisters) was an ancient Roman noblewoman of the first century BC. She was married to the politician Marcus Aemilius Lepidus[1] and was likely the daughter of Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and his second wife Claudia Marcella Major (the niece of emperor Caesar Augustus).[2]

History[]

Early life[]

Vipsania was likely born between 27 BC and 21 BC to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and his second wife Claudia Marcella Major, the eldest daughter of emperor Augustus sister Octavia Minor. From her father she likely had an older (assumed due to the age difference between their husbands) full sister and two older half sisters (one who married Quintus Haterius and another named Vipsania Agrippina who married the future emperor Tiberius)[3] as well as five younger half-siblings named Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar, Agrippina the Elder, Vipsania Julia and Agrippa Postumus from her father's third and last marriage to Julia the Elder. From her mother she also likely had several younger half siblings, among them Lucius Antonius and Iulla Antonia.[4]

Marriage[]

Vipsania likely married Marcus Aemilius Lepidus as his first wife, when they were both relatively young.[5] She was the niece of his father's recently wed second wife, Claudia Marcella Minor, so the marriage was likely made to improve their political standing.[6] The two likely had children, an assumed son's name survives on the Basilica Aemilia[7] and a woman named Aemilia Lepida is known to be Lepidus' daughter, but it is unknown if she was a daughter by Vipsania.[8] If she is not the mother of Lepida then that would imply that she died relatively young.[9][10]

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References[]

  1. ^ Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated and revised ed.). Clarendon Press. p. 490. ISBN 9780198147312.
  2. ^ Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated and revised ed.). Clarendon Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780198147312.
  3. ^ Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated and revised ed.). Clarendon Press. p. 504. ISBN 9780198147312.
  4. ^ de la Bédoyère, Guy (2018). Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome. Yale University Press. p. 312. ISBN 9780300240672.
  5. ^ Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated and revised ed.). Clarendon Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780198147312.
  6. ^ Athenaeum. Vol. 65. University of Virginia: Administration of Athenæum, University. 1987. p. 20.
  7. ^ Syme, Ronald; Birley, Anthony Richard (1991). Roman Papers. Vol. 6. Clarendon Press. p. 244. ISBN 9780198143673.
  8. ^ Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated and revised ed.). Clarendon Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780198147312.
  9. ^ Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated and revised ed.). Clarendon Press. p. 133. ISBN 9780198147312.
  10. ^ Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated and revised ed.). Clarendon Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780198147312.
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