All Topics  
Domitilla the Elder

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Domitilla the Elder
 
 
  Topics Domitilla the Elder Topic Home

Flavia Domitilla Major (Major, Latin for the elder) Flavia Domitilla the Elder or Domitilla the Elder (died before 69) was the wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian
Vespasian

Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
. She was a daughter of Flavius Liberalis
Flavius Liberalis

Flavius Liberalis was a Ancient Rome of the 1st century and was a man of Equestrian rank, who came from Ferentium a country town in Italy. This man of humble origins was a quaestor and later a law clerk....
, a humble quaestor
Quaestor

Quaestor is a type of public official.In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers....
 and later clerk.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Domitilla the Elder'
Start a new discussion about 'Domitilla the Elder'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Denarius Domitilla Ric 0137
Flavia Domitilla Major (Major, Latin for the elder) Flavia Domitilla the Elder or Domitilla the Elder (died before 69) was the wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian
Vespasian

Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
. She was a daughter of Flavius Liberalis
Flavius Liberalis

Flavius Liberalis was a Ancient Rome of the 1st century and was a man of Equestrian rank, who came from Ferentium a country town in Italy. This man of humble origins was a quaestor and later a law clerk....
, a humble quaestor
Quaestor

Quaestor is a type of public official.In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers....
 and later clerk. Before her marriage, she was a formal mistress to an African knight
Equestrian (Roman)

The Roman equestrian order constituted the lower of the two aristocratic classes of ancient Rome, ranking below the Roman senate Order . A member of the order was known as an eques , which in Latin has the general meaning of any person mounted on a horse , but in this context carries the specific meaning of "knight"....
. Vespasian married her around 38. She was the mother of Domitilla the Younger
Domitilla the Younger

Flavia Domitilla the Younger or Flavia Domitilla Minor was the only daughter of the Roman Emperor Vespasian and Domitilla the Elder. Her elder brother was Titus, and her younger brother Domitian....
 and of the emperors Titus
Titus

Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Titus , was a Roman Emperor who briefly reigned from 79 until his death in 81. Titus was the second emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Titus's father Vespasian , Titus himself and his younger brother Domitian ....
 and Domitian
Domitian

Titus Flavius Domitianus , commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 September 81 until his death. Domitian was the last emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Domitian's father Vespasian , his elder brother Titus , and that of Domitian himself...
 and died before Vespasian assumed the purple.

Various Roman coinage of Domitilla the Elder can be seen at