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Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus
Father of Roman empress Livia
Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus (born no later than 93 BC[1] – died 42 BC) was a senator and praetor of the Roman Republic.
He was born with the name Appius Claudius Pulcher, into the patrician family of the Claudii Pulchri but adopted by a Livii Drusi as a small child.
Marcus livius drusus claudianus rome
His daughter Livia Drusilla became the wife of the first Roman EmperorAugustus, and he was a direct ancestor of the Julio-Claudian emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
Biography
Background
As a Pulcher, Claudianus was a direct descendant of the consul and censorAppius Claudius Caecus through his son Publius Claudius Pulcher.
Claudianus descended via the first Appius Claudius Pulcher, who was consul in 212 BC and Publius Claudius Pulcher's son or grandson.
Antiquarian Bartolomeo Borghesi suggested that his biological father could have been either Appius Claudius Pulcher (military tribune in the year 87 BC) or the