Junia Secunda

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Junia Secunda
Born
Lepidus
ChildrenMarcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor
Quintus Aemilius Lepidus
Aemilia Lepida (possibly)
Parents (mother)

Junia, called Junia Secunda by modern historians to distinguish her from her sisters, was an

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.[1]

Biography

Early life

Junia Secunda was daughter of

Marriage

She married Lepidus, who later became a member of the Second Triumvirate, alongside Mark Antony and Octavian (later Augustus). Unlike his fellow triumvirs, Lepidus remained married to the same woman throughout his life, and seems to have been devoted to Junia.[3]

In his speeches,

weasel words][citation needed
]

Plot against Octavian

After her husband was forced from power by Octavian, Junia lost much of her status. After the

Lepidus the Younger. However it was foiled by Gaius Maecenas.[7] Her son was executed after being sent to Octavian, who was still in the east at the time. She was summoned to follow him to appear before Octavian. Her husband had to plead with his former enemy Lucius Saenius Balbinus to grant her bail so that she could remain with him until Octavian returned.[8]

Family

References

  1. ^ , retrieved 2024-01-08
  2. ISBN 978-84-1340-452-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  3. ^ a b Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Volume 2, Little and Brown, 1846, p. 657.
  4. ^ Syme, Ronald (1961). "Who was Vedius Pollio?"
    Journal of Roman Studies
    51(1/2): 23–30.
  5. ^ Cicero, ad Atticum, vi. 1.
  6. ^ Hall, John, Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 116.
  7. ^ Appian, J5. (7. iv, 50.)
  8. ^ Weigel, Richard D. (1992), Lepidus: The Tarnished Triumvir, p. 97.