Who poisoned Augustus Caesar?

Augustus died in AD 14 at the age of 75, probably from natural causes. Persistent rumors, substantiated somewhat by deaths in the imperial family, have claimed his wife Livia poisoned him.

What does Augustus suffer from?

He is the best friend of Isaac and Hazel Grace’s boyfriend. As with his girlfriend, he suffers from cancer, specifically osteosarcoma. Augustus is described as being tall, very handsome, intelligent, having blue eyes and mahogany hair.

Who did Livia Drusilla marry?

Augustusm. 38 BC–14 AD
Tiberius Claudius Nerom.?–38 BC
Livia/Spouse

She married her cousin Tiberius Claudius Nero and in 42 bore him Tiberius, the future emperor. She was still pregnant with her second son, Nero Claudius Drusus, when early in 38, Octavian (later Augustus) arranged for her to divorce Nero and marry him.

When did Augustus fall ill?

23 BC. Augustus falls seriously ill and is not expected to survive. He publicly hands his signet ring to Agrippa, but doesn’t name a successor to his position. He eventually recovers.

What did Julia daughter of Augustus do?

Julia was accused of leading a promiscuous life, her adulteries becoming common knowledge in Rome. An affair with Mark Antony’s son Jullus Antonius was politically dangerous. Finally Augustus discovered how Julia was behaving.

Was Livia made a goddess?

This statue of the Deified Empress Livia is an early imperial statue after a Greek model of the Goddess Hera from the 5th century BC. She is depicted with divine attributes such as the cornucopia, which is a promise of fortune and prosperity through the activities of the Roman imperial family.

Did Livia of Rome have a Secret Poisoner?

He recycled Suetonius’ highly suspect tales and made them part of popular culture via the “I, Claudius” miniseries in the 1970s. But there’s no evidence that Livia has this secret mass poisoner, or that she killed Augustus, who (after all) was in his late 70s when he died.

What happened to Livia in the Roman Empire?

Livia continued to exert political influence as the mother of the emperor. She died in 29 AD. She was the great-grandmother of the emperor Caligula, grandmother of the emperor Claudius, and the great-great-grandmother of the emperor Nero. In 42 AD Livia was deified by Claudius, who acknowledged her title of Augusta .

Did Lady Livia really kill everyone?

Livia is portrayed in popular culture as having killed everyone, however, modern historians agree that she probably didn’t kill anyone. That doesn’t mean she wasn’t a heartless, power hungry empress.

What did Livia do to Marcellus?

In between poisoning Marcellus, Livia was trying to sew infatuation between Tiberius and Marcellus’s soon to be widow, Julia, as she was also Augustus’s daughter and would easily link Tiberius as an heir. When Marcellus died however, Augustus had to offer Julia’s hand to Agrippa to win his allegiance back.