Matidia
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Matidia can refer to the following people:
It can also refer to:
- Salonina MatidiaSalonina MatidiaSalonina Matidia was the daughter and only child of Ulpia Marciana and wealthy praetor Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus. Her maternal uncle was the Roman emperor Trajan. Trajan had no children and treated her like his daughter...
, niece of the Roman EmperorRoman EmperorThe Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office although at any given time, a given title was associated with the emperor...
TrajanTrajanTrajan , was Roman Emperor from 98 to 117 AD. Born into a non-patrician family in the province of Hispania Baetica, in Spain Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian. Serving as a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis, in Spain, in 89 Trajan supported the emperor against...
and mother-in-law of HadrianHadrianHadrian , was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138. He is best known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Roman Britain. In Rome, he re-built the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma. In addition to being emperor, Hadrian was a humanist and was philhellene in...
, posthumously deified under the name diva Matidia - Matidia MinorMatidia MinorMindia Matidia or Matidia Minor was related to several important ancient Roman Emperors. The modern village of Matigge Italy, is named after her....
or Mindia Matidia, the second daughter of Salonina Matidia, who gave her name to the Italian village of MatiggeMatiggeMatigge is a village of 1095 inhabitants in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria, located at 294 m above sea-level on the lower flank of Mt. Puranno, 42°54N 12°44E...
It can also refer to:
- Matidia, a genus of spiders