Domitilla the Elder
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| Domitilla the Elder | |
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Domitilla from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum"
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| Died | Before 69 |
| Spouse | Vespasian |
| Issue | Titus Domitian Domitilla the Younger |
| Dynasty | Flavian (by marriage) |
| Father | Flavius Liberalis |
Flavia Domitilla Major (Major, Latin for the elder) Flavia Domitilla the Elder or Domitilla the Elder (died before 69, perhaps c. 65) was the wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian.[1]
Life
Flavia Domitilla was born in Sabratha from Italian colonists who moved there during Augustus times. She was a daughter of Flavius Liberalis, a humble quaestor’s clerk. Before her marriage, she was a formal mistress to an African knight.
Roman denarius depicting Flavia Domitilla Minor
Vespasian married her around 38 AD. She was the mother of Domitilla the Younger and of the emperors Titus and Domitian. She died before Vespasian assumed the purple of emperor.
She was even the grandmother of Saint Flavia Domitilla,[2] daughter of Domitilla the Younger.
Notes
Bibliography
- La Monaca V. Flavia Domitilla as delicata. A New Interpretation of Suetonius, Vesp. 3 // Ancient Society, vol. 43, 2013, P. 191-212.
