Roman Empire Matrons

  • 246 BCE

    Helelna Augusta

    Helelna Augusta
  • 246 BCE

    helena augusta

    helena augusta
  • Period: 246 BCE to 330 BCE

    Helena Augusta

    She was a large influence on Christianity. She was with emperor Constantius Chlorus. She had a son named Constantine the Great. She was from a very humble background and was the mother of the Constantinian Dynasty.
  • 120 BCE

    Aurelia Cotta

    Aurelia Cotta
  • 120 BCE

    Aurelia Cotta

    Aurelia Cotta
  • Period: 120 BCE to 54 BCE

    Aurelia Cotta

    she was Julius Caesar's mom, also the mom of two daughters both named Julia. she was a working class in Rome. She led a petition to save her sons life. She had to take care of his daughter who was also named Julia.
  • 107 BCE

    Servilia Caepionis

    Servilia Caepionis
  • 107 BCE

    Servilia Caepionis

    Servilia Caepionis
  • Period: 107 BCE to 42 BCE

    Servilia Caepionis

    She was Caesars mistress. She had a daughter with him and named her Junia Tertia. She let Caesar sleep with their daughter. Brutus and Cassius went to her house to plan his assassination. She claimed to not know about it. She then later died of natural causes.
  • 100 BCE

    Cornelia Africana

    She had 12 children but only 4 of them survived. When her two sons turned to political things they lot her support. Over time she became a very idealistic figure. When she died she had a statue made of her.
  • 100 BCE

    Cornelia Africana

    Cornelia Africana
  • 100 BCE

    Cornelia Africana

    Cornelia Africana
  • 83 BCE

    Fulvia

    Fulvia
  • 83 BCE

    Fulvia

    Fulvia
  • Period: 83 BCE to 40 BCE

    Fulvia

    She was known as Cassias Dio which meant she was in control of the political things in Rome. She was married to three people and one of them was Marc Antony. Fulvia and Octavian were fighting which led to a war between Italy. She also had legions to fight Octavion in the Perusine war.
  • 79 BCE

    Tullia

    Tullia
  • 79 BCE

    Tullia

    Tullia
  • Period: 79 BCE to 45 BCE

    Tullia

    Her father arranged her marriage with Lucius Tarquinius. Her and her husband conspired to overthrow and murder her father. They led Rome for awhile until Her and her family were exiled from Rome. She was the last queen of Rome.
  • 70 BCE

    porcia catonis

    porcia catonis
  • Period: 70 BCE to 42 BCE

    Porcia Catonis

    She was considered to be both kind and brave.
    She was married to Marcus Junius Brutus
    Alot of Roman emperors wanted her as their wife
    Her death is unsure but people think that when she heard that Brutus died she commited suicide
  • 69 BCE

    octavia minor

    octavia minor
  • 69 BCE

    sulpicia

    sulpicia
  • Period: 69 BCE to 11 BCE

    Octavia Minor

    Her brother Augustus used her as a Dynastic tool. She was expected to produced heirs, and she had to marry Marc Antony. She was also Agrippina's Grandmother.
  • Period: 69 BCE to 26 BCE

    Sulpicia

    She was a famous poet
    Her poems were published under a male pot
    For many centuries people believed they were his
    She wrote many love poems but only six of them survived
  • 58 BCE

    livia drusilla

    livia drusilla
  • Period: 58 BCE to 29

    Livia Drusilla

    She was married to Augustus Caesar. She managed affairs of state into her son Tiberius's reign. After her death she was defied as a goddess,( The Divine Augustus) and her descendants were the ones to hold the throne.
  • 50 BCE

    hortensia

    hortensia
  • 50 BCE

    livilla

    livilla
  • Period: 50 BCE to 1 BCE

    Hortensia

    She was an orator. She gave a speech against the Triumvirs. she led a group of women that didn't want taxes. She finally got them to only tax 400 women and borrow the rest from the men.
  • Period: 50 BCE to 31

    Livilla

    She was claudius’s sister
    She expected to become empress
    Her fame mostly came from her affair with Sejanus
    She poisoned Tiberius’s son Drusus
  • 14 BCE

    agrippina the elder

    agrippina the elder
  • Period: 14 BCE to 33

    Agrippina the Elder

    She was Augustus granddaughter. Tiberius arrested her sons and left them to starve to death. He banished on false charges. where she was treated bad and lost an eye.
  • 15

    agrippina the younger

    agrippina the younger
  • Period: 15 to 59

    Agrippina the Younger

    Livia was her great grandmother. She married her uncle Claudius. Agrippina was said to have a hand in his murder. Claudius's kid Britannicus was supposed to be the heir but he was sideline while Agrippina's kid Nero took the throne.
  • 17

    valeria messalina

    valeria messalina
  • Period: 17 to 48

    Valeria Messalina

    She was known to be reckless and duplicitous. She was married to Claudius. She had a bigamous marriage with her lover Silius. She planned to get rid of Claudius and when his freedmen heard about it they told Claudius, and he had her executed.
  • 165

    julia maesa

    julia maesa
  • Period: 165 to 224

    Julia Maesa

    She was claudius’s sister
    She expected to become empress
    Her fame mostly came from her affair with Sejanus
    She poisoned Tiberius’s son Drusus
  • 170

    julia domna

    julia domna
  • Period: 170 to 217

    Julia Domna

    She had a lot of power over the Roman empire, so every time her husband was gone people would make false accusations that she committed adultery and treason. When her husband died she committed suicide leaving her 14 year old son, Alexander to Rule.
  • 180

    julia mamaea

    julia mamaea
  • 180

    julia soaemias

    julia soaemias
  • Period: 180 to 222

    Julia Soaemias

    Julia Domna was her aunt
    Using her wealth her and others overthrew Marcinus
    She was the first woman allowed into the senate
    She was killed by a Praetorian Guard
  • Period: 180 to 235

    Julia Mamaea

    She was Alexander Serverus’s mom
    She governed Rome
    She had Alexander's first wife exiled
    She fixed all of egabulus mistakes
  • 399

    aelia pulchuria

    aelia pulchuria
  • Period: 399 to 453

    Aelia Pulcheria

    At 15 she claimed the role of her brothers guardian
    She took a vow of perpetual virginity so she wouldn't have to take a husband
    After her brother died she ruled the empire for a month by herself
    Because she was a female she had to marry if she wanted to stay on the throne
  • 510

    Lucretia

    she was blackmailed and was forced to have sex with Sextus Tarquinius. She then commited suicide. Her killing herself helped result in the birth of the Roman empire. She now is a symbol of ideal chaste and virtuous matrona.
  • 510

    Lucretia

    Lucretia
  • 510

    Lucretia

    Lucretia