Vitrasia Faustina (died 182 or 183 CE) was a noble Roman woman who lived in the 2nd century during the Roman Empire. [1] [2] [3]
Vitrasia was the daughter of Annia Fundania Faustina and the Roman Senator Titus Pomponius Proculus Vitrasius Pollio, consul II in 176. Her brother was Titus Fundanius Vitrasius Pollio. [3] Through her maternal grandfather, Marcus Annius Libo, consul in 128, she was a distant relative to the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire. [1] [4] Vitrasia was born and raised in Rome.
Through inheritances Vitrasia became a very wealthy heiress and had moved to Cales in Campania. [5] Due to her influence, status and connections, Vitrasia became a public benefactor and a prominent citizen of Cales. Through her wealth, Vitrasia paid for the construction or repair for the civic Temple of Magna Dea or the Great Mother. [3]
It is uncertain if Vitrasia had ever married or had children. [3] In 182 or 183, she may have been involved in one of numerous conspiracies against her unstable maternal second cousin the Roman Emperor Commodus (who ruled 180–192). [4] In 182,was executed on the orders of Commodus. [3] [1] [6]
Vitrasia Faustina (died 182 or 183 CE) was a noble Roman woman who lived in the 2nd century during the Roman Empire. [1] [2] [3]
Vitrasia was the daughter of Annia Fundania Faustina and the Roman Senator Titus Pomponius Proculus Vitrasius Pollio, consul II in 176. Her brother was Titus Fundanius Vitrasius Pollio. [3] Through her maternal grandfather, Marcus Annius Libo, consul in 128, she was a distant relative to the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire. [1] [4] Vitrasia was born and raised in Rome.
Through inheritances Vitrasia became a very wealthy heiress and had moved to Cales in Campania. [5] Due to her influence, status and connections, Vitrasia became a public benefactor and a prominent citizen of Cales. Through her wealth, Vitrasia paid for the construction or repair for the civic Temple of Magna Dea or the Great Mother. [3]
It is uncertain if Vitrasia had ever married or had children. [3] In 182 or 183, she may have been involved in one of numerous conspiracies against her unstable maternal second cousin the Roman Emperor Commodus (who ruled 180–192). [4] In 182,was executed on the orders of Commodus. [3] [1] [6]