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Scribonia (c. 70 BC – c. AD 16) was the second wife of Octavian, later the Roman Emperor Augustus, and the mother of his only biological child, Julia the Elder.
They married in 40 bce, at the time of the rebellion Octavian was facing in Italy (the Perusine War, 41–40). Octavian, whose first wife was Clodia , was around 12 years younger than Scribonia (he was born in 63, she was born around 75 bce), and the marriage was purely political.
Octavian's motives for contracting a marriage with Scribonia were largely political. He desired an alliance with the party of Sextus Pompey, whose nearest kinswoman, unmarried at the time, was his wife's aunt, Scribonia (App. BCiv. 5.6.53; Suet. Aug. 62.2).
The dawn of a new dynasty: Octavian, future Roman Emperor Augustus, divorced his wife, Scribonia, on 17 January 38 BCE. The divorce date, which coincided with arrival of Octavian and Scribonia’s daughter, Julia, was arranged hastily so that Octavian could marry Livia Drusilla.
May 7, 2021 · The ancient sources suggest that Octavian took her away from her husband, despite her being pregnant, because he was struck by her beauty and tired of his own wife, Scribonia, and her hostile...
Scribonia, sister of L. Scribonius Libo, was married at least three times. Her first two husbands, both of whom allegedly held the consulship, are hard to identify; by one of them (a Scipio) she was the mother of Cornelia, wife of Paullus *Aemilius Lepidus. The third was Octavian (see augustus), who married her in 40 bce in order to conciliate ...
This article revises the existing explanations for the marriage between Octavian and Scribonia, which emphasised the young Caesar’s desire for an accommodation with Sextus Pompeius, including a mutual normalization of relations and even an alliance.
