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Alfidia
Alfidia was the mother of Rome's first empress, Livia. She is mistakenly called ''Aufidia'' by Suetonius, and this was assumed to be her name for centuries, but inscriptions found shows that her name was the rare nomen Alfidia. Biography It was once thought that she was a daughter to Roman Magistrate Marcus Aufidius Lurco. In actuality her name was ''Alfidia'', a nomen which was quite rare. She married the future praetor, Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus. They had at least one child: a daughter Livia Drusilla (59 BC-29 AD). Her husband also adopted Marcus Livius Drusus Libo, who served as a Roman consul. Livia was to become the first Roman Empress and third wife of the first Roman Emperor Augustus. Alfidia would be the maternal grandmother to Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero and Roman General Nero Claudius Drusus. The Roman emperors Caligula, Claudius and Nero were her direct descendants. Cultural depictions Deborah Moore appears as Alfidia, the mother of a fictionalized L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfidia (Rome Character)
This is a list of characters from the HBO series ''Rome''. The historical figures upon which certain characters are based are noted where appropriate. Main Recurring Guest * (historically, ''Antonia the Elder'' or ''Antonia Minor''), daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia of the Julii born after Antony left Rome and raised by her mother alone. She could possibly be the daughter of Marcus Agrippa. Octavia complains of her being a disobedient child. * (historically, Servilius Casca), played by Peter Gevisser. A Roman senator and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. * (historically, ''Pothinus''), played by Tony Guilfoyle, seen in the episode "Caesarion". A eunuch who serves as regent to Ptolemy XIII. * (historically, ''Publius Servilius Isauricus''), played by Simon Callow. Caesar’s Co-Consul in 48 BC. * (fictional), played by Amy Marston who is the Judean wife of Timor and mother of their 3 children. * (fictional), played by Alessio Di Cesare/David Quinzi. A slave br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Octavian (Rome Character)
This is a list of characters from the HBO series ''Rome''. The historical figures upon which certain characters are based are noted where appropriate. Main Recurring Guest * (historically, ''Antonia the Elder'' or '' Antonia Minor''), daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia of the Julii born after Antony left Rome and raised by her mother alone. She could possibly be the daughter of Marcus Agrippa. Octavia complains of her being a disobedient child. * (historically, Servilius Casca), played by Peter Gevisser. A Roman senator and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. * (historically, ''Pothinus''), played by Tony Guilfoyle, seen in the episode "Caesarion". A eunuch who serves as regent to Ptolemy XIII. * (historically, '' Publius Servilius Isauricus''), played by Simon Callow. Caesar’s Co-Consul in 48 BC. * (fictional), played by Amy Marston who is the Judean wife of Timor and mother of their 3 children. * (fictional), played by Alessio Di Cesare/David Quinzi. A slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atia Of The Julii
This is a list of characters from the HBO series ''Rome''. The historical figures upon which certain characters are based are noted where appropriate. Main Recurring Guest * (historically, ''Antonia the Elder'' or ''Antonia Minor''), daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia of the Julii born after Antony left Rome and raised by her mother alone. She could possibly be the daughter of Marcus Agrippa. Octavia complains of her being a disobedient child. * (historically, Servilius Casca), played by Peter Gevisser. A Roman senator and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. * (historically, ''Pothinus''), played by Tony Guilfoyle, seen in the episode "Caesarion". A eunuch who serves as regent to Ptolemy XIII. * (historically, ''Publius Servilius Isauricus''), played by Simon Callow. Caesar’s Co-Consul in 48 BC. * (fictional), played by Amy Marston who is the Judean wife of Timor and mother of their 3 children. * (fictional), played by Alessio Di Cesare/David Quinzi. A slave br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livia Drusilla
Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was a Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Emperor Augustus Caesar. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14. Livia was the daughter of Roman Senator Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and his wife Alfidia. She married Tiberius Claudius Nero around 43 BC, and they had two sons, Tiberius and Drusus. In 38 BC, she divorced Tiberius Claudius Nero and married the political leader Octavian. The Senate granted Octavian the title ''Augustus'' in 27 BC, effectively making him emperor. Livia then became the Roman empress. In this role, she served as an influential confidant of her husband and was rumored to have been responsible for the deaths of a number of Augustus' relatives, including his grandson Agrippa Postumus. After Augustus died in AD 14, Tiberius became emperor. Livia continued to exert political influence as the mother of the emperor. She died in AD 29. She w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfidia Gens
The Alfidia gens was a minor plebeian family of ancient Rome. Few members of this gens are known from history, of whom the most familiar may be Alfidia the mother of Livia, the first Roman empress. At least one of the Alfidii attained the consulship, Lucius Alfidius Herennianus in AD 171. Members * Marcus Alfidius, the maternal grandfather of the empress Livia.Zmeskal, ''Adfinitas'', p. 27. * Marcus M. f. Alfidius, maternal uncle of Livia. * Alfidia, the wife of Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and mother of Livia. * Decimus Alfidius Hypsaeus, one of the aediles at Pompei in AD 2.Alfidius Strachan stemma. * Alfidius Sabinus, of |
Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus
Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus (born no later than 93 BC – died 42 BC) was a senator and praetor of the Roman Republic. He was born with the name ''Appius Claudius Pulcher'', into the patrician family of the Claudii Pulchri but adopted by a Livii Drusi as a small child. His daughter Livia Drusilla became the wife of the first Roman Emperor Augustus, and he was a direct ancestor of the Julio-Claudian emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. Biography Background As a Pulcher, Claudianus was a direct descendant of the consul and censor Appius Claudius Caecus through his son Publius Claudius Pulcher. Claudianus descended via the first Appius Claudius Pulcher, who was consul in 212 BC and Publius Claudius Pulcher's son or grandson. Antiquarian Bartolomeo Borghesi suggested that his biological father could have been either Appius Claudius Pulcher (military tribune in the year 87 BC) or the Gaius Claudius Pulcher (legate or praetor in 73 BC); both of these men were so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livia
Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was a Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Roman emperor, Emperor Augustus Caesar. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal Adoption in ancient Rome, adoption into the Julia gens, Julian family in AD 14. Livia was the daughter of Roman Senator Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and his wife Alfidia. She married Tiberius Claudius Nero (father of Tiberius Caesar), Tiberius Claudius Nero around 43 BC, and they had two sons, Tiberius and Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusus. In 38 BC, she divorced Tiberius Claudius Nero and married the political leader Octavian. The Senate granted Octavian the title ''Augustus (honorific), Augustus'' in 27 BC, effectively making him emperor. Livia then became the Roman empress. In this role, she served as an influential confidant of her husband and was rumored to have been responsible for the deaths of a number of Augustus' relatives, including his grandson Agrippa Postumus. After Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Moore
Deborah Maria Luisa Moore (born 27 October 1963) is an English actress. She is the daughter of actor Roger Moore and Italian actress Luisa Mattioli. Career She made her debut on TV as a child in ''The Persuaders!'' episode "The Long Goodbye" in which her father co-starred alongside Tony Curtis, and early on in her career, she was often billed as "Deborah Barrymore". She appeared in such films as '' Lionheart'' (1987), '' Alien Terminator'' (1988), the 1990 comedy, '' Bullseye!'' (opposite her father), ''Chaplin'' (1992), '' Into the Sun'' (1992), and ''South Kensington'' (2001). She is probably best known in the UK as the face of the Scottish Widows advertising campaign from 1986 to 1995 when she was replaced by Amanda Lamb. She later took on the name Deborah Moore. She has twice made appearances in James Bond–related productions. She played a secretary in the 1989 biopic '' Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming'' and later made a cameo appearance as a flight attendant in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Aufidius Lurco
Marcus Aufidius Lurco also known simply as Aufidius Lurco, was a Roman magistrate who lived in the 1st century BC. Lurco was a member of the gens Aufidia, a Roman family of plebeian status, who appeared in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. They became a family of consular rank. Lurco originally came from Fundi (modern Fondi, Italy). In the past he was mistakenly identified as the maternal grandfather of empress Livia. High office According to Suetonius, Lurco held a high office at Rome. In 61 BC, he was a Tribune of the Plebs. During his time as Tribune, he was the author of the ''Lex Aufidia'' or '' Lex Aufidia de ambitu''. The ''Lex Aufidia'' was a law concerning the Roman assemblies or Comitia. If a candidate, promised and paid money to a tribe at the Comitia, he should pay yearly 3,000 sesterces during his life. However, if the candidate, merely promised and did not pay, the candidate should be exempt. This caused a witted argument between Lurco and Publius Clodius Pulcher. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aufidia Gens
The gens Aufidia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which occurs in history from the later part of the Republic to the third century AD. The first member to obtain the consulship was Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes, in 71 BC.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. I, p. 418 ("Aufidia Gens"). Praenomina In Republican times, the Aufidii used the praenomina '' Gnaeus'', ''Titus'', '' Marcus'', and '' Sextus''. ''Lucius'' and ''Gaius'' are not found prior to the second century AD. The character '' Tullus Aufidius'' in Shakespeare's play ''Coriolanus'' predates the earliest historical mention of the gens by some three hundred years, and is identified as ''Attius Tullius'' in Livy; there is no other evidence that the praenomen '' Tullus'' was used by the Aufidii.William Shakespeare, ''The Tragedy of Coriolanus''. Branches and cognomina The cognomina of the Aufidii under the Republic are ''Lurco'' and ''Orestes''. Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes was descended from the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nero Claudius Drusus
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (38–9 BC), also called Drusus the Elder, was a Roman politician and military commander. He was a patrician Claudian on his birth father's side but his maternal grandmother was from a plebeian family. He was the son of Livia Drusilla and the legal stepson of her second husband, the Emperor Augustus. He was also brother of the Emperor Tiberius, father to both the Emperor Claudius and general Germanicus, paternal grandfather of the Emperor Caligula, and maternal great-grandfather of the Emperor Nero. He launched the first major Roman campaigns across the Rhine and began the conquest of Germania, becoming the first Roman general to reach the Weser and Elbe rivers. In 12 BC, Drusus led a successful campaign into Germania, subjugating the Sicambri. Later that year he led a naval expedition against Germanic tribes along the North Sea coast, conquering the Batavi and the Frisii, and defeating the Chauci near the mouth of the Weser. In 11 BC, he conquere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st-century BC Romans
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
