Iunia Secunda
Iunia Secunda († after 30 BC) was a member of the ancient Roman plebeian dynasty of the Junians and the wife of the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus .
Life
Iunia Secunda was a daughter of the consul from 62 BC. BC, Decimus Junius Silanus , and the Servilia . One of her sisters, Iunia Tertia , was the wife of the Caesar murderer Gaius Cassius Longinus . Furthermore, Iunia Secunda was the half-sister of Marcus Iunius Brutus , who, like Gaius Cassius, was one of the leading Caesar murderers.
When Marcus Tullius Cicero 50 BC As governor of the province of Cilicia , he mentioned in a letter to his friend Titus Pomponius Atticus that five small pictures of married Roman women had been found in the luggage of the bon vivant Publius Vedius , including that of Lepidus' wife. The speaker wondered why Lepidus ignored her apparent infidelity. 43 BC But in his thirteenth Philippine speech he expressed himself in praise of Junia Secunda. It was also mentioned by Cicero several times in his correspondence, for example in a May 44 BC. Written letter according to which she maintained closer ties to Atticus.
Iunia Secunda and her husband had a son who, like his father, was named Marcus Aemilius Lepidus . This son is said to be 31 BC A plot to murder Octavian , who was fighting against Mark Antony in Greece at the time , and was therefore executed after the battle of Actium . His mother Junia Secunda was born in 30 BC. BC charged with being informed of the conspiracy. Because of the efforts of her husband Lepidus, who had no part in his son's murder plan, she was finally released.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Iunia 193. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 1, Stuttgart 1918, Col. 1110 f.
- Susan Treggiari: Servilia and her Family. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2019, ISBN 978-0-19-882934-8 , pp. 133-138.
Remarks
- ↑ Velleius Paterculus (2,88,1) elaborates Junia Secunda's relationships with particular clarity; these are usually assumed to be known from the ancient sources.
- ↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 6,1,25.
- ^ Cicero, 13th Philippian discourse, 8.
- ↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 14,8,1.
- ^ Appian , Civil Wars 4,50.
family tree
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iunia Secunda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 30 BC Chr. |