Junia Calvina
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Junia Calvina (Classical Latin: IVNIA•CALVINA, PIR2 I 856) through her mother Aemilia Lepida, she was a descendant of Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Her father was Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus, a member of the ancient Junia family.
She married Lucius Vitellius, a brother of the future Roman emperor Vitellius, though they divorced before 49. In 48, she was falsely accused by Agrippina the Younger and her former father-in-law of open affection with her brother Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus. Calvina was exiled from Italy in early 49 and her brother committed suicide. After March 59, when Agrippina the Younger was murdered, her son Nero brought Calvina back from exile. Tacitus describes her as "attractive but shameless". Suetonius, Vespasian 23, implies that Junia Calvina died in 79.
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- E. Groag, A. Stein, L. Petersen - e.a. (edd.), Prosopographia Imperii Romani saeculi I, II et III, Berlin, 1933 - . (PIR2)
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