Livia (fl. 100 BCE)
Livia (fl. 100 bce)
Roman noblewoman. Flourished around 100 bce; daughter of M. Livius Drusus (a consul in 112 bce); sister M. Livius Drusus; married Q. Servilius Caepio (divorced); married M. Portius Cato; children: (first marriage) a son, Q. Servilius Caepio; Servilia (who married L. Licinius Lucullus); Servilia (who married M. Junius Brutus the Elder); (second marriage) Cato the Younger (whose daughter Portia [c. 70–43 bce] married M. Junius Brutus, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar); daughter, Portia (fl. 80 bce).
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