Domitilla the Elder

Domitilla the Elder
Bust of Flavia Domitilla Maior
DiedBefore 69 AD
SpouseVespasian
IssueTitus
Domitilla the Younger
Domitian
DynastyFlavian (by marriage)
FatherFlavius Liberalis

Flavia Domitilla Major was the wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian and mother of the emperors Titus and Domitian.[1] She died before her husband became emperor in 69 AD.[2] After her death she is thought to have been deified by the name Diva Domitilla.[2]

  1. ^ Suetonius: Divus Vespasianus, 3
  2. ^ a b Wood, Susan (2010). "Who Was Diva Domitilla? Some Thoughts on the Public Images of the Flavian Women". American Journal of Archaeology. 114 (1): 45–57. ISSN 0002-9114.

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