She continued her luxurious lifestyle despite widowhood, presumably having been guaranteed a generous income by her husband's will. However, due to the lex Voconia (which prohibited women from inheriting much or from passing on their own wealth to females) passed in 169 BC, she was unable to dispose of her possessions as she pleased. At her death, her wealth was inherited by her nephew Scipio Aemilianus, who had been adopted by the elder son of her husband. He gave them to his mother Papiria Masonis, the first wife of his father Aemilius Paullus.Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-98158 H. H. Scullard, "Scipio Africanus: Soldier and Politician", Thames and Hudson, London, 1970. ; page 238</ref> At her death, he passed those same possessions over to his two biological sisters, the wives of Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus and Quintus Aelius Tubero.