Annia Regilla

Tomb of Annia Regilla in the Parco della Caffarella on the Via Appia Antica in Rome

Annia Regilla , full name Appia Annia Regilla Atilia Caucidia Tertulla , Greek Ἀππία Ἀννία Ῥήγιλλα , (* approx. 125; † 160 ), was a wealthy and influential Roman woman who was largely related to several Roman rulers. She was the wife of Herodes Atticus from around 140/142 .

Annia Regilla was the daughter of Appius Annius Gallus ( suffect consul 139 or 140). In Olympia she was elected priestess of Demeter and at the 233rd Olympic Games 153 the only woman officially present. As a priestess, she was the official founder of the nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus built by her husband . In Athens, too, she held a priesthood, that of Tyche .

Attempts were made to blame her death on her husband, who is said to have commissioned a freedman to beat her to death while she was pregnant with her sixth child. Her brother Appius Annius Atilius Bradua (consul 160) sued his brother-in-law for this, unsuccessfully.

A street in the center of Athens is named after her today. A street in Rome also bears the name of Regilla.

children

Regilla and Herodes Atticus had six children together:

(* 142/3, † 142/3), Claudius, son.
(† 165?), Elpinice - full name: Appia Annia Claudia Atilia Regilla Elpinice Agrippina Atria Polla , daughter.
(† 161?), Athenais - full name: Marcia Annia Claudia Alcia Athenais Gavidia Latiaria , daughter.
(† after 209), Tiberius Claudius Bradua Atticus - full name: Tiberius Claudius Marcus Appius Atilius Bradua Regillus Atticus , son.
(* approx. 150, † 155?), Regillus - full name: Tiberius Claudius Herodes Lucius Vibullius Regillus , son.
(* 160, † 160) Unnamed child who died unborn with Regilla, possibly three months later in 160.

literature

Jens Bartels: Annia [5]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 .
Sarah B. Pomeroy : The Murder of Regilla. A case of domestic violence in antiquity. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA et al. 2007, ISBN 978-0-674-02583-7 ( critical review by Sehepunkte ).
Paul von Rohden : Annius 125 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2315 f.

Web links

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The grave Annia Regilla (English)

proof

↑ PIR²A 720; vroma.org (English).
↑ Inscriptions from Olympia 610 . Ulrich Sinn : Olympia. Cult, sport and festivals in antiquity (= Beck'sche series. 2039). Beck, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-406-40339-5 , p. 92 ff.
↑ Inscriptiones Graecae II² 3607 .
^ Sarah B. Pomeroy: The murder of Regilla. A case of domestic violence in antiquity. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA et al. 2007, ISBN 978-0-674-02583-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Annia Regilla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Appia Annia Regilla Atilia Caucidia Tertulla (full name); Regilla, Annia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greco-Roman patroness and priestess
DATE OF BIRTH	at 125
DATE OF DEATH	160

[1] PIR²A 720; vroma.org (English).

[2] Inscriptions from Olympia 610 . Ulrich Sinn : Olympia. Cult, sport and festivals in antiquity (= Beck'sche series. 2039). Beck, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-406-40339-5 , p. 92 ff.

[3] Inscriptiones Graecae II² 3607 .

[4] Sarah B. Pomeroy: The murder of Regilla. A case of domestic violence in antiquity. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA et al. 2007, ISBN 978-0-674-02583-7 .