Death
Julia died from malnutrition some time after Augustus' death in 14, but before 15. With her father dead and no sons to take the throne, Julia was left completely at the mercy of the new emperor, Tiberius, who was free to exact his vengeance. The circumstances of her death are obscure. One theory is that Tiberius, who loathed her for dishonouring their marriage, had her starved to death. Another theory is that upon learning her last surviving son Agrippa Postumus had been murdered, she succumbed to despair. Simultaneously, her alleged paramour Sempronius Gracchus, who had endured 14 years of exile on Cercina (Kerkenna) off the African coast, was executed at Tiberius' instigation, or on the independent initiative of Nonius Asprenas, proconsul of Africa. Augustus in his will had forbidden Julia to be buried in his own Mausoleum of Augustus. Julia's daughter Julia the Younger was also exiled on a charge of adultery on the same island as her mother in 8 AD. -but actually for involvement in her husband's Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 1) attempted revolt-and died in 29 AD after 20 years of exile; she was also forbidden to be buried in Augustus' tomb by his will.
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