Vipsania (wife of Varus)

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Vipsania
SpousePublius Quinctilius Varus
ChildrenSextus Nonius Quinctilianus
Parents
Relativesgens Vipsania
FamilyJulio-Claudian dynasty

Vipsania (likely born between 28–22 BC and sometimes called Vipsania Marcella to

Caesar Augustus).[2]

History

Early life

Vipsania was likely born between 28 BC and 22 BC to

She is thought to have had a younger

Vipsania Julia and Agrippa Postumus from her father's third and last marriage to Julia the Elder. From her mother she also likely had several younger half siblings, among them Lucius Antonius and Iulla Antonia.[6]

Marriage

She likely married Varus around 14 BC.[7] She was his second wife.[8] Their marriage was considered the reason why Varus was selected to be consul in 13 BC with Tiberius.[9][10] She might have been the mother of Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus if he was indeed Varus' son[11] or another son who served with his father in 4 AD.[12][13] Their marriage did not last much longer than a decade from his consulship, since by then Varus was married to another woman.[14]

Research

Her existence was first discovered to modern historians upon the rediscovery of a papyrus recounting Augustus' funeral oration for Agrippa which states that Varus and Tiberius were both sons-in-law to Agrippa.[15]

See also

References

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  10. ^ Stern, Gaius (2009). "Varus' Legacy After Teutoburger Wald" – via www.researchgate.net.
  11. ^ Levick, Barbara, Tiberius the Politician (1999). 36
  12. ^ Crosby, Daniel J. (2016), The Case for Another Son of P. Quinctilius Varus: a Re-examination of the Textual and Scholarly Traditions Around Joseph. BJ 2.68 and AJ 17.288, Bryn Mawr College, pp. 123, 125
  13. ^ Roncaglia, Alessandro (2015). Giochi di famiglia: dinamiche di potere tra Augusto e Tiberio [Family games: dynamics of power between Augustus and Tiberius] (PDF) (PhD thesis) (in Italian). University of Bologna. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2020.
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