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Lucky Augustus

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18 February 2019
Octavian Augustus
Octavian Augustus

When Augustus married Livia Drusilla, she was in advanced pregnancy. Her youngest son was born three months after the wedding with the ruler of Rome. The malicious people in the Eternal City used to say that the lucky ones are having children already born after three months.

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Agrippina the Younger - Nero's motherAgrippina the Younger Bust of Augustus with corona civicaAugustus Busts of Julius Caesar and Pompey the GreatGreat Roman civil war Bust of emperor TiberiusTiberius Battle of AliaBattle of the Allia and plunder of Rome by Gauls
Author: Mateusz Nowicki
Sources
  • Livy, Ab Urbe Condita

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