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Encyclopedia > Flavia Domitilla

Flavia Domitilla was the name shared by the wife, daughter and granddaughter of the Roman Emperor Vespasian. Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Emperor Vespasian Caesar Vespasianus Augustus (November 18, CE 9 – June 23, 79), originally known as Titus Flavius Vespasianus and best known as Vespasian, was the emperor of Rome from 69 to 79. ...


The eldest Flavia Domitilla was Vespasian's wife. She was the daughter of Flavius Liberalis, a humble quaestor and later clerk. Before her marriage, she was a formal mistress to an African knight. She and Vespasian married around AD 38. She was the mother of Domitilla (see below) and the emperors Titus and Domitian. She died before Vespasian assumed the purple. Quaestors were elected officials of the Roman Republic who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers. ... An Equestrian (Latin eques, plural equites) was a member of one of the two upper social classes in the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. ... For alternate uses, see Number 38. ... This is about the emperor of ancient Rome. ... Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 – 18 September 96), commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman emperor. ...


Her daughter Flavia Domitilla, called Domitilla, was Vespasian's only daughter. She was born in AD 39 and died around the same time as her mother. For alternate uses, see Number 39. ...


Domitilla's daughter, whose father is unknown, was also named Flavia Domitilla. She married her cousin, the consul Titus Flavius Clemens, whom Domitian executed for complicity in Nero's death. She had two sons by him, whom Domitian made his own heirs. Her steward assisted in Domitian's assassination. For modern diplomatic consuls, see Consulate general. ... Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (15 December 37–9 June 68), born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called (50 - 54 AD) Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ...


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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Flavia Domitilla (530 words)
Flavia Domitilla who was banished for her faith, and that it was used as a Christian burial place as early as the first century.
Flavia Domitilla was banished to the island of Pandataria in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Flavia Domitilla as the niece, not the wife of the consul
The Compass newspaper -- Saint of the Day (405 words)
Flavia Domitilla (also known as Domitilla) was the niece of St. Flavius Clemens and the Emperor Vespasian (69-79) and a cousin of Titus and Domitian, both successors of Vespasian.
After Flavia converted to Christianity, she was banished to the island of Pandatania in the Tyrrhenian Sea (west of Italy between Sicily and Sardinia).
Flavia lived several years in a cell on the island before she was sent to Terracina, where the Emperor Trajan (98-117) had her burned to death because she refused to sacrifice to Roman gods.
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