Scribonia

Scribonia was a Roman noblewoman of the gens Scribonia who lived in the late Roman Republic. The details of her early life are poorly documented. She became the second wife of Octavian, who would later become Emperor Augustus, around 40 BCE. The union produced a daughter, Julia, who would be known as Julia the Elder and would later marry Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and bear Augustus's heirs.

In 39 BCE, Octavian divorced Scribonia in order to marry Livia Drusilla, a union that strengthened his political and dynastic position. After the divorce, Scribonia largely disappears from the historical record, and little is known of her life or death.

Scribonia's historical significance derives primarily from her marriage to Octavian and the birth of Julia, who contributed to the Augustan dynasty. Her name appears in genealogical and prosopographical sources as a member of the Scribonii, but she did not play a prominent public role in Roman politics.