us ▁Lib o ▁was ▁her ▁adopted ▁brother . ▁ ▁She ▁was ▁married ▁around ▁ 4 3 ▁BC . ▁Her ▁father ▁married ▁her ▁to ▁T iber ius ▁Claud ius ▁N ero , ▁her ▁cousin ▁of ▁pat ric ian ▁status ▁who ▁was ▁fighting ▁with ▁him ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁Julius ▁Ca esar ' s ▁assass ins ▁against ▁Oct av ian . ▁Her ▁father ▁committed ▁suic ide ▁in ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Philipp i , ▁along ▁with ▁G ai us ▁Cass ius ▁Long inus ▁and ▁Marcus ▁Jun ius ▁Br ut us , ▁but ▁her ▁husband ▁continued ▁fighting ▁against ▁Oct av ian , ▁now ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁Mark ▁Anton y ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Lu cius ▁Anton ius . ▁Her ▁first ▁child , ▁the ▁future ▁Emperor ▁T iber ius , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 4 2 ▁BC . ▁In ▁ 4 0 ▁BC , ▁the ▁family ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁fle e ▁Italy ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁avoid ▁the ▁pro scri ptions ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁Tri um vir ate ▁of ▁Oct av ian ▁( l ater ▁August us ), ▁Marcus ▁A em il ius ▁Le pid us ▁and ▁Mark ▁Anton y . ▁As ▁did ▁many ▁of ▁those ▁pro scri bed , ▁they ▁joined ▁with ▁Se xt us ▁Pom pe ius , ▁a ▁son ▁of ▁Pom pe y ▁Magn us , ▁who ▁opposed ▁the ▁tri um vir ate ▁from ▁his ▁base ▁in ▁Sic ily . ▁Later , ▁Liv ia , ▁her ▁husband ▁T iber ius ▁N ero ▁and ▁their ▁two - year - old ▁son , ▁T iber ius , ▁moved