Lepida

Family: Roman · Role: noblewoman · First appears: Tiberius 49

At Tiberius 49, Quirinus, a man of consular rank, extremely rich, and childless, had divorced Lepida twenty years earlier. He then accused her of an old design to poison him, and Tiberius condemned her “in order to gratify Quirinus.”

At Nero 7, Lepida was brought to trial, and her nephew Nero appeared as a witness against her to gratify his mother, who persecuted the accused. Later, Galba married Lepida, and they had two sons; Lepida, her two children, and Galba’s marriage to her ended with her death, leaving him a widower.

Relationship record

Life events

• Tiberius condemned Lepida to gratify Quirinus, who accused her of plotting to poison him.(Tiberius 49)
  • With: Tiberius Quirinus
  • “Lepida, a lady of a very noble family, was condemned by him, in order to gratify Quirinus, a man of consular rank, extremely rich, and childless, who had divorced her twenty years before, and now charged her with an old design to poison him.”
• Quirinus had divorced Lepida.(Tiberius 49)
  • With: Quirinus
  • “who had divorced her twenty years before”
• Nero testified against Lepida in court.(Nero 7)
  • With: Nero
  • “When his aunt, Lepida, was brought to trial, he appeared in court as a witness against her”
• Galba married Lepida.(Galba 5)
  • With: Galba
  • “He married Lepida, by whom he had two sons;”
• Lepida died, leaving Galba a widower.(Galba 5)
  • With: Galba
  • “but the mother and children all dying, he continued a widower;”

Tiberius 49

• married with Quirinus (Quirinus had previously been married to Lepida.) “Quirinus, a man of consular rank, extremely rich, and childless, who had divorced her twenty years before”
• enemies with Tiberius (Tiberius condemned Lepida.) “Lepida, a lady of a very noble family, was condemned by him, in order to gratify Quirinus”
• with Tiberius (Tiberius condemned Lepida.) “Lepida, a lady of a very noble family, was condemned by him, in order to gratify Quirinus, a man of consular rank, extremely rich, and childless, who had divorced her twenty years before, and now charged her with an old design to poison him.”

Nero 5

• younger kin: Nero (Lepida is identified as Nero's father's sister, making her Nero's aunt.) “A little before the death of Tiberius, he was prosecuted for treason, adulteries, and incest with his sister Lepida, but escaped in the timely change of affairs, and died of a dropsy, at Pyrgi; leaving behind him his son, Nero, whom he had by Agrippina, the daughter of Germanicus.”

Nero 6

• younger kin: Nero “he lived with his aunt Lepida, in a very necessitous condition”

Nero 7

• younger kin: Nero “When his aunt, Lepida, was brought to trial”
• with Nero (Nero testified against Lepida at her trial.) “When his aunt, Lepida, was brought to trial, he appeared in court as a witness against her, to gratify his mother, who persecuted the accused.”

Galba 5

• married with Galba “He married Lepida, by whom he had two sons; but the mother and children all dying, he continued a widower;”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.