Vibia Sabina was an Empress and wife to Emperor Hadrian. She was born about 86ad to Salonina Matidia, niece of Emperor Trajan and Lucius Vibius Sabinus, a man of consular rank. Emperor Hadrian Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus (January 24, 76 - July 10, 138), known as Hadrian in English, was Roman emperor from 117 - 138, and member of the gens Aelia Hadrian was born in Italica, Hispania, to a well-established settler family. ... Salonina Matidia was the daughter of Ulpia Marciana and beloved niece of the Emperor Trajan. ... Emperor Trajan Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (September 18, 53 - August 9, 117), Roman Emperor (98 - 117), commonly called Trajan, was the second of the so-called five good emperors of the Roman Empire. ...
She married Hadrian, at the Empress Plotina's request for him to succeed her great-uncle in 117ad. Although they had no children, they had an unhappy marriage. In 128ad, she was awarded with the title of Augusta.
This beautiful woman was strong, independent and her beliefs in marriage didn't fit well with the Emperor. Sabina had an affair with one of his slave boys.
She died in 136 or 137ad, before her husband of unknown causes. There are rumours that Hadrian poisoned her, however there is not enough evidence to prove this.
Sabina's hair is tightly plaited, gathered together at the back, and wound around the top of her head, the front of her head surmounted by a series of three tiaras (termed stephane from the Greek for crown, stephanos).
The eldest daughter of Lucius Vibius Sabinus and Matidia the elder, the emperor Trajan's niece, VibiaSabina married her distant cousin Hadrian in 100 AD largely due to the instigation of Trajan's wife Plotina.
Hadrian and Sabina's marriage was a rather unhappy one, Sabina being known for her sharp temper and Hadrian for his cold demeanor.
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