Vipsania (wife of Varus)

History

Early life

Vipsania was likely born between 28 BC and 22 BC to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and his second wife Claudia Marcella Major, the eldest daughter of emperor Augustus sister Octavia Minor. This hypothesis is rebutted by Meyer Reinhold who considered that she was the daughter by Agrippa's first wife Pomponia Caecilia Attica.

She is thought to have had a younger full sister and two older half sisters (one who married Quintus Haterius and another named Vipsania Agrippina who married the future emperor Tiberius) as well as five younger half-siblings named Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar, Agrippina the Elder, Vipsania Julia and Agrippa Postumus from her father's third and last marriage to Julia the Elder. From her mother she also likely had several younger half siblings, among them Lucius Antonius and Iulla Antonia.

Marriage

She likely married Varus around 14 BC. She was his second wife. Their marriage was considered the reason why Varus was selected to be consul in 13 BC with Tiberius. She might have been the mother of Sextus Nonius Quinctilianus if he was indeed Varus' son or another son who served with his father in 4 AD. Their marriage did not last much longer than a decade from his consulship, since by then Varus was married to another woman.