Julia the Elder (30 October 39 BC – AD 14), known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia, was the daughter and only biological child of Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empire. As such, she was subject to a series of politically motivated marriages arranged by her father to better insure he hold over the empire. Among her husbands were: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a prominent general and close friend of Augustus, and to hom Julia bore two sons, and; Tiberius, Augustus's step-son, adopted heir, and eventual successor. Probably in response to her status as a bartering token, Julia engaged in a series of adulterous affairs. Her actions grew so bold that her father had her arrested, and ultimately exiled in 2 BC. She was allowed to return after five years, b