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List of Roman and Byzantine empresses. Livia ( r. 27 BC – AD 14), as wife of Augustus, was the first and longest-reigning empress. The Roman empresses were the consorts of the Roman emperors, the rulers of the Roman Empire. The duties, power and influence of empresses varied over time depending on the time period, contemporary politics and ...
Women in ancient Rome. The educated and well-traveled Vibia Sabina (c. 136 AD) was a grand-niece of the emperor Trajan and became the wife of his successor Hadrian; unlike some empresses, she played little role in court politics and remained independent in private life, having no children and seeking emotional gratification in love affairs [ 1 ...
The Roman Empire trend originally started on Instagram when Gaius Flavius, a Roman reenactor based in Sweden, shared an Instagram video to his 100,000 followers with an on-screen caption that read ...
Valeria Messalina, Emperor Claudius ' wife, notorious for her promiscuity. Claudia Metrodora (1st century AD), Greco-Roman public benefactor, lived on Kos. Lucilla, (2nd century AD) Roman Empress, failed in her coup attempt on brother Commodus. Aquilia Severa (3rd century), Vestal Virgin and wife of Elagabalus.
When her husband became joint-emperor with his father Valerian in 253, Salonina was named Augusta . Salonina was the mother of three princes, Valerian II, Saloninus and Marinianus. [11] Her fate after Gallienus was murdered during the siege of Mediolanum in 268 is unknown. One theory is that her life was spared; [12] another is that she was ...
Berenice of Cilicia, also known as Julia Berenice and sometimes spelled Bernice ( Greek: Βερενίκη or Βερνίκη, Bereníkē or Berníkē; 28 – after 81), was a Jewish client queen of the Roman Empire during the second half of the 1st century. Berenice was a member of the Herodian Dynasty that ruled the Roman province of Judaea ...
List of Roman emperors. The Prima Porta statue of Augustus ( r. 27 BC – AD 14), the first Roman emperor. The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward. [ 1] Augustus maintained a facade of Republican rule, rejecting monarchical titles but ...
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