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  Junia Calvina (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Her father was Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus, a member of the ancient Junia family.
Calvina was exiled from Italy in early 49 and her brother committed suicide.
Suetonius, Vespasian 23, implies that Junia Calvina died in 79.
www.danceage.com.cob-web.org:8888 /biography/sdmc_Junia_Calvina   (139 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 584 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
CALVINA, JU'LIA, the sister of L. Silanus, was at first married to a son of Vitellius, but after­wards, for the sake of doing a favour to Agrippina, Vitellius accused her of incestuous intercourse with her brother, L. Silanus.
There was, however, ac­cording to the concurrent testimony of the ancients, no ground whatever for that charge, except that Silanus was attached to his sister, and perhaps expressed his love for her in too unguarded a man­ner, surrounded as he was by spies and enemies.
4, 8 ; L. silanus.) It is highly probable that this Calvina is the same as the Junia (Julia ?) Calvina mentioned by Suetonius (Vesp.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 819 (v. 3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Torquatus Silanus, Julia Calvina, Junia Lepida, abnepos Augusti, abnepos Augusti, abnepos Augusti, abneptis Augusti, abneptis Augusti, cos.
Cassius the dr. of the emperor [calvina.] the jurist.
Nero, who had recommended that they should be kept in prison till Catiline was conquered, affirming that he had not recommended that they should be put to death, but that they should be imprisoned, as this was the extreme of punishment to a Roman senator.
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Lucius was forced to commit suicide, Marcus was executed, and Junia Calvina was exiled, all through the machinations of the younger Agrippina.
Junia Calvina was later allowed to return to Rome by the emperor Nero.
Nero, however, was responsible for the forced suicide of Decimus and the condemnation of Junia Lepida.
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 Detail Page (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Although young, he was allowed to hold a magistracy five years before his time and was betrothed to Octavia, daughter of Claudius.
This proposed union was immediately attacked as dishonorable because of accusations that he had committed incest with his sister, Junia Calvina.
A further threat came in the person of Agrippina the Younger, who was conspiring to have her son Nero wed Octavia.
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 Lucius Vitellius the younger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During his brother Aulus' abortive attempt at achieving the purple, he became deputy African Governor for his brother between 61-62AD but was later hung by Vespasian's supporters on 11 July 69AD, as were his brother and his nephew.
Junia Calvina, a descendant of Augustus - divorced before 49AD.
This page was last modified 14:33, 12 October 2006.
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 I,Claudius Project: Tacitus, Annales XII.1-9
crimina in Silanum, cuius sane decora et procax soror, Iunia Calvina, haud multum ante
with a view to her favour, and began to bring charges against Silanus, whose sister, Junia
Calvina, a handsome and lively girl, had shortly before become his daughter-in-law.
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In style he was neither original nor flawless, but he provided an important glimpse of life at the time of the dying Western Empire.
Consul-designate, he seemingly joined their affair with ardor, and in 48, he and Messallina were married in a mock ceremony.
Aside from the Lex Petronia and the Lex Junia Petronia, other steps were taken.
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