Roman Empire Matrons

By Jazmine Toups
  • 83 BCE

    Fulvia

    Fulvia
    Fulvia was married twice before her marriage to Mark Antony, whom she claims she was deeply in love with and enjoyed seeing the heads of her enemies. Her sons were important in the reign of Augustus.
  • 83 BCE

    Atia

    Atia
  • Period: 83 BCE to 43 BCE

    Atia

    Atia was the mother of the first emperor of the Roman Empire, Augustus. She was also the step-grandmother of the emperor Tiberius.
  • 69 BCE

    Octavia

    Octavia
  • Period: 69 BCE to 11 BCE

    Octavia

    Octavia was the wife of Mark Antony, until he left to go back to Cleopatra in Egypt. That did not please Octavia, and she brought Rome into a war among Rome and Egypt.
  • Period: 58 BCE to 29 BCE

    Livia Drusilla

    Livia Drusilla was the first Roman empress, the wife of Augustus, for 51 years. Her work as empress was mostly concerned with domestic matters, like where and when their children would attend school and other things associated with her family.
  • Period: 39 BCE to 14 BCE

    Julia Caesaris Filia

    Julia Caesaris Filia was the only biological child of Augustus. Her father loved her deeply and provided her with a strict education. When was reached a certain age, she was sent to her step-mother to be taught how to be an aristocrat.
  • Period: 15 to 59

    Julia Agrippina (Julia the Younger)

    Julia Agrippina, or Julia the Younger, was the great-granddaughter of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. She was the mother of emperor Nero, known as one of the worst emperors in Roman history.
  • 38

    Valeria Messalina

    Valeria Messalina
    Her date of birth is unknown, but she must have been born sometime before 20 AD and died in 48 AD. She was the great-granddaughter of Octavia, and the third wife of emperor Claudius, whom she married in 38 AD.
  • 63

    Pomppaea Sabina

    Pomppaea Sabina
    Pomppaea Sabina's birth date is unknown, but she died in 63 CE. She was first a mistress and then wife of Nero's.
  • 70

    Pompeia Plotina

    Pompeia Plotina
  • Period: 70 to 123

    Pompeia Plotina

    she was married to emperor Trajan, however, they bore no children but ended up adopting Hadrian, who later became emperor. She earned the respect of her people by bringing their requests and interests into notice by Roman government.
  • Period: 130 to 175

    Annia Galeria Faustina

    She was the wife and cousin of Marcus Aurelius and the daughter of Antoninus Pius. She bore her husband at least 12 children, one of which was emperor Commodus.
  • Period: 160 to 217

    Julia Domna

    Julia Domna was the second wife of emperor, Septimius Severus. During her reign as empress, she took on names like "mother of the army camps," and being a women of culture and learning, she encouraged Philosophy in Rome.
  • Period: 180 to 222

    Julia Soaemias

    Julia Soaemias was the first daughter of emperor Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus and Julia Maesa. She was the first women to be in the Roman Senate, and was mother of the not-so-great emperor, Elagabalus.
  • Period: 187 to 211

    Publia Fulvia Plautilla

    She married the son of the emperor, Caracalla. However, their marriage was unhappy, and after Caracalla husband succeeded his father, he assassinated her.
  • 193

    Flavia Titiana

    Flavia Titiana
    She was the wife of emperor, Pertinax, and her reign lasted only 86 days. Her date of birth is unknown, but she must have died sometime after 193 AD, because coins were found with her face imprinted in them leading up to that date.
  • 193

    Bruttia Crispina

    Bruttia Crispina
    Bruttia Crispina's date of birth is unknown, but she died in 193 AD. She was the wife of emperor Commodus, and murdered for committing adultery against him.
  • 224

    Julia Maesa

    Julia Maesa
    Being the mother of Julia Soaemias, whom was born in 180 AD, Julia Maesa had to have been born sometime around 160 AD. She had a lot of power among the Roman government, and her two grandsons both became emperor.
  • 235

    Julia Mamaea

    Julia Mamaea
    Julia Mamaea was the younger sister of Julia Soaemias, she had to have been born after 180 Ad, but that date is still unknown. She was also the mother of 14 year old emperor, Alexander Severus.
  • 270

    Ulpia Severina

    Ulpia Severina
    Her date of birth is unknown, but coins with her facial imprint on them are issued from 270 AD throughout 275 AD. She followed the downfall of the Severan Dynasty, which led to what was known as the Crisis of the Third Century.
  • Period: 399 to 453

    Aelia Pulcheria

    Throughout her life, she remained a devout christian. She was a roman empress and regent for her younger brother Theodosius II.
  • Period: 497 to 548

    Theodora

    Described as being "short but attractive," she ruled alongside her husband, the emperor, whom was 20 years older than her.