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Salonina Matidia (July 4 68-119) was a daughter and only child to Ulpia Marciana
Ulpia Marciana

Ulpia Marciana was the beloved elder sister of Roman Emperor Trajan. She was the eldest child born to Roman woman Marcia and the Hispania senator Marcus Ulpius Traianus ....
 and wealthy praetor
Praetor

Praetor was a Title#Titles_for_heads_of_state granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army, either before it was mustered or more typically in the field, or an elected Magistratus assigned duties that varied depending on the historical period....
 Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus
Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus

Gaius Saloninus Matidius Patruinus was a Roman Senate that lived in the Roman Empire during the 1st century and was a contemporary to the reign of the Roman Emperor Vespasian, 69-79....
. Her maternal uncle was Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Trajan
Trajan

Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 98 until his death in 117. Born Marcus Ulpius Traianus into a nonpatrician family in the Hispania Baetica province , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian, serving as a general in the Roman army along the Limes G...
. Trajan had no children and treated her like his daughter. Her father died in 78 and with her mother went to live with Trajan and his wife, Pompeia Plotina
Pompeia Plotina

Pompeia Plotina Claudia Phoebe Piso or Pompeia Plotina was a Roman Empress and wife of Roman Emperor Trajan. She was renowned for her interest in philosophy, and her virtue, dignity and simplicity....
.

Matidia first married Lucius Vibius Sabinus, a man of consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
ar rank. He died after 86. Her daughter was: Matidia was very fond of her second cousin Hadrian and allowed him to marry Vibia Sabina.

By an unattested Lucius Mindius, Matidia was the mother of:

Matidia also married consul of 88, Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilio Frugi Bonus who died in 101.






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Salonina Matidia (July 4 68-119) was a daughter and only child to Ulpia Marciana
Ulpia Marciana

Ulpia Marciana was the beloved elder sister of Roman Emperor Trajan. She was the eldest child born to Roman woman Marcia and the Hispania senator Marcus Ulpius Traianus ....
 and wealthy praetor
Praetor

Praetor was a Title#Titles_for_heads_of_state granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army, either before it was mustered or more typically in the field, or an elected Magistratus assigned duties that varied depending on the historical period....
 Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus
Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus

Gaius Saloninus Matidius Patruinus was a Roman Senate that lived in the Roman Empire during the 1st century and was a contemporary to the reign of the Roman Emperor Vespasian, 69-79....
. Her maternal uncle was Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Trajan
Trajan

Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 98 until his death in 117. Born Marcus Ulpius Traianus into a nonpatrician family in the Hispania Baetica province , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian, serving as a general in the Roman army along the Limes G...
. Trajan had no children and treated her like his daughter. Her father died in 78 and with her mother went to live with Trajan and his wife, Pompeia Plotina
Pompeia Plotina

Pompeia Plotina Claudia Phoebe Piso or Pompeia Plotina was a Roman Empress and wife of Roman Emperor Trajan. She was renowned for her interest in philosophy, and her virtue, dignity and simplicity....
.

Matidia first married Lucius Vibius Sabinus, a man of consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
ar rank. He died after 86. Her daughter was:
  • Vibia Sabina
    Vibia Sabina

    Vibia Sabina was a Roman Empress, wife and third cousin to Roman Emperor Hadrian. She was the daughter to Salonina Matidia, niece of Roman Emperor Trajan and Lucius Vibius Sabinus, a man of consular rank....
    , who married Roman Emperor Hadrian
    Hadrian

    Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher....
Matidia was very fond of her second cousin Hadrian and allowed him to marry Vibia Sabina.

By an unattested Lucius Mindius, Matidia was the mother of:
  • Mindia Matidia or Matidia Minor
    Matidia Minor

    Mindia Matidia or Matidia Minor or Matidia the Younger was related to several important ancient Roman Empire List of Roman Emperors....


Matidia also married consul of 88, Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilio Frugi Bonus who died in 101. By whom she was the mother of:
  • Rupilia Faustina
    Rupilia

    Rupilia Faustina was a Roman woman. She was daughter to Salonina Matidia from her third marriage to Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilio Frugi Bonus consul of 88, who died in 101....
    , paternal grandmother of Roman Empress Marcus Aurelius
    Marcus Aurelius

    Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important stoicism philosophy....
     and his wife Empress Faustina the Younger
    Faustina the Younger

    Annia Galeria Faustina Minor , Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger was a daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder....


Matidia would often travel with her uncle and assist him in decision making. Like her mother, throughout the Roman Empire, Matidia was honored with monuments and inscriptions in her name. On August 29, 112, she received the title of Augusta.

When Trajan died in 117, Matidia and Plotina brought the emperor's ashes back to Rome. In 119 Matidia died, whereupon the Roman Emperor Hadrian
Hadrian

Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher....
 delivered her funeral oration, deified her and granted her a temple and altar in Rome itself.

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