Aemilia (Vestal Virgin)
Aemilia († 114 BC ) was a member of the ancient Roman patrician family of the Aemilians , a Vestal Virgin who was executed for incest .
In 115 BC Aemilia was accused in a sensational incest trial of having violated her vow of chastity by having several love affairs, including with the Roman knight Lucius Veturius. In addition, she instigated the co-defendants Licinia and Marcia to also start relationships with other men, and made Licinia's brother her lover. In the proceedings directed by the Pontifex Maximus Lucius Caecilius Metellus Delmaticus , Aemilia was 114 BC. Found guilty and sentenced to death, while Licinia and Marcia were first acquitted. But in 113 BC A second trial was initiated against the Vestal Virgins, presided over by the strict Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla , which also led to the condemnation of Licinia and Marcia.
literature
- Elimar Klebs : Aemilia 153 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 590 f.
Remarks
- ^ Livius , periochae 63; Plutarch , Quaestiones Romanae 83; Asconius Pedianus , Commentary on Cicero , Pro T. Annio Milone , p. 39f. ed. Stangl; Cassius Dio , Roman History , Book 26, Fragment 87; Orosius , Historiae adversum Paganos 5, 15, 22; among others
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| SURNAME | Aemilia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman vestal virgin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 114 BC Chr. |