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What happened to Julia after Augustus learned about her adultery?
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After Augustus discovered the extent of Julia’s adulteries, he was reportedly furious and referred to her as a "disease in my flesh". Although his own laws technically required a husband to denounce an adulterous wife, Augustus chose not to execute her.12
Instead, in 2 BCE, he banished her to the small island of Pandataria. In 4 CE, she was moved to Rhegium. Following the death of Augustus and the accession of Tiberius as emperor, Tiberius withheld her financial allowance, and Julia eventually died of malnutrition.12