Second Marriage To Scribonius Curio
Her widowhood did not last long as the customary period of mourning for Romans was ten months. Fulvia most likely married her second husband, Gaius Scribonius Curio, soon after this period had passed. They were married in 52-51 BC. Like Clodius, Curio was very popular with the plebeians. He was from a less distinguished family than Clodius', being from a new consular family, but he may have had more wealth. Though initially an optimate, Curio became a popularis soon after marrying Fulvia, and continued many of Clodius' popularist policies. He soon became important to Gaius Julius Caesar and Clodian supporters. In 50 BC Curio won election as a tribune, the year after he married Fulvia.
Curio was killed while fighting for Julius Caesar in North Africa in 49 BC, by the army of King Juba I of Numidia. During the civil war Fulvia was most likely in Rome or nearby, due to Caesar's troops taking over Italy. At the time she would have had her two children by Clodius and was either pregnant with Curio's son or had delivered him.
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