7 Notorious Sibling Rivalries Throughout History
Politics and power sometimes take a backseat to family drama. Nobody knows how to get under your skin quite like a sibling does.
For many, these squabbles typically never amount to anything beyond petty disagreements over liberally borrowed items of clothing and personal belongings. But for some families, sibling issues make their way into the history books.
Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla, daughter of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and empress Faustina the Younger, was promised to marry her father’s co-ruler, Lucius Verus, when she was around just 12 years old.
The couple wed in 164 CE and had three children together before Verus was killed while returning from a military campaign against the Parthians in 169 CE.
Much to Lucilla’s disappointment, Verus’s death robbed her of her empress title; she was soon married off to Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus, an influential Roman military commander twice her age.
Author summary: Famous sibling rivalries in history.
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