Untitled II (2025), CORPVS ROMÆ, PAR PERFORMANCE ART ROME, Piazza Augusto Imperatore, Rome IT

Julia Major, the only natural daughter of Augustus, is a controversial figure in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Raised strictly as part of a political plan to ensure dynastic continuity, she was excluded from Augustus’ Mausoleum for behaviour seen as not only independent but also traitorous to the moral and political ideals he imposed. At 14, she married Marcus Claudius Marcellus, later Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa - Augustus’ close ally - with whom she had five children. After Agrippa’s death, she married her stepbrother Tiberius, who became the second emperor. Exiled to the island of Ventotene by her father, she was later allowed to move to Reggio Calabria, where she likely died from isolation and malnutrition under Tiberius’ orders.

Her story reflects the conflict between individual freedom and family and political demands, where loyalty to power outweighed the personal.

The performance unfolded through actions exploring family tensions when one breaks imposed patterns and invited the audience to reflect on Giulia’s experiences of control, rebellion, and compromise, turning historical memory into shared experience.

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