Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus

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Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus (died 42 BC) was the father of Roman Empress Livia Drusilla.

Life

Marcus was born as Appius Claudius Pulcher (by bloodline, he descended from the original Appius Claudius Pulcher, son of the Roman dictator Appius Claudius Caecus), but changed his name in honor of his father’s friend the tribune Marcus Livius Drusus who adopted and raised him when he lost his parents in infancy Drusus' father was also a tribune.

Marcus was praetor in 50 BC. He committed suicide along with Cassius and Brutus (the assassins of Julius Caesar) during the Battle of Philippi.

Marriage and issue

He married Aufidia, daughter of Aufidius Lurco, a Roman magistrate. Their daughter Livia was born in 58 BC and around 42 BC he married her to Tiberius Nero, a relative of his. Together they were the parents of the Roman Emperor Tiberius and Roman General Nero Claudius Drusus.

Family tree

• (1)=1st husband/wife
• (2)=2nd husband/wife
• x=assassin of Caesar

Salonia (2)

Cato the Elder

Licinia (1)

Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus

Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus

Marcus Livius Drusus

Marcus Porcius Cato (2)

Livia Drusa

Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger(1)

Marcus Livius Drusus

Atilia (1)

Cato the Younger

Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, adoptive son

Brutus (1)

Servilia Caepionis

Decimus Junius Silanus (2)

Servilia the younger

Quintus Servilius Caepio

Porcia Catonis

Marcus Junius Brutus x

Junia Prima

Junia Tertia

Gaius Cassius Longinus x

Marcus Porcius Cato (II)

Junia Secunda

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)

Descendent of Pompey the Great and Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Lepidus the Younger

Manius Aemilius Lepidus

Aemilia Lepida II

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