(probably third) wife, Apronia, by throwing her from a window and a little later, the future Emperor Claudius divorced her granddaughter, Plautia Urgulanilla, for adultery and implication in the murder. The celebration was therefore most likely an attempt to save the family name, rather than an expression of affection. When Apronia was found dead in their home, apparently pushed from a great height, Tiberius himself came to investigate the crime scene, and found the bedroom showed signs of struggle. Silvanus was therefore implicated, though he tried to claim that he had been asleep when the death occurred, and that she had committed suicide. Before the trial could begin, Urgulania (perhaps at Livia's behest) sent her grandson a dagger. He used it on himself, saving himself (and her) the disgrace of being convicted of murder. It was after his death that his ex-wife Fabia Numantina was accused of cursing him, but this accusation was dismissed. The murder had a roll-on affect when Claudius divorced Urgulania's grand-daughter Urgulanilla due to a possible role in the murder of Apronia, though she was also accused of adultery with a freedman. Five months after the divorce, she gave birth to a daughter, Claudia, whom Claudius refused to acknowledge. See also List of Roman women Women in ancient Rome References External links Urgulania at the Oxford Classical Dictionary 1st-century Roman women Livia Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown