The Iuniae (?c.75–49)

Abstract

Servilia is likely to have taken the lead in arranging her daughters’ marriages, all of which were distinguished. One Iunia was married ?c.61 to the much older P. Servilius Isauricus, cos. 48, 41; they had a son, Publius (c.55–AD 35) cos. 25, and a presumed daughter, who married her first cousin, M. Lepidus, and died, like him, in 30. Another Iunia was married (?late 60s/early 50s) to M. Aemilius Lepidus; they had two sons, Marcus and Quintus. She was still alive in 30. The other daughter (died AD 22) married C. Cassius pr. 44. His parents are unknown. If he had no prior wife, Iunia probably married him by 59 and bore a son (known to have become adult 15 March 44) c.58. In 49–48 Cassius was a Pompeian admiral, but Caesar forgave him. He was a man of warmth and charm.