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Only child of Augustus Caesar whose scandalous affairs led to her exile, becoming a symbol of the conflict between public morality and private desires.
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Born Julia, the only biological child of Octavian (later Augustus) and his second wife Scribonia.
Married to her cousin Marcellus, Augustus's chosen heir.
Marcellus died young, leaving Julia a teenage widow.
Married Augustus's general Marcus Agrippa, 25 years her senior, for political alliance.
Gave birth to Gaius Caesar, whom Augustus adopted as his heir.
Gave birth to Lucius Caesar, also adopted by Augustus.
Augustus died, specifically forbidding her burial in his mausoleum.
Died in exile shortly after her father, weakened by years of deprivation and grief.
Agrippa died, leaving Julia a widow for the second time with five children.
Forced to marry Tiberius, who was compelled to divorce his beloved wife Vipsania.
Tiberius retired to Rhodes, leaving Julia effectively abandoned.
Her sons Gaius and Lucius both died, ending Augustus's plans for succession.
Allowed to move to the mainland town of Rhegium, slightly less harsh exile.
Her many affairs were exposed, including liaisons in the Roman Forum.
Exiled by her own father to the tiny island of Pandateria under his own adultery laws.