Apicata
Apicata († October 26, 31 AD) was a Roman of unknown ancestry and the wife of the Praetorian prefect Lucius Aelius Seianus .
The marriage of Seianus and Apicata had three children. Seianus is said to have strived for the highest power and became Livilla's lover . In 23 AD he cast out Apicata and is said to have poisoned her husband Drusus , son of Emperor Tiberius , together with Livilla . But Tiberius did not allow Seianus to marry Livilla. After Seianus 'fall and execution (October 18, 31), which was followed six days later by the execution of Seianus' and Apicata's eldest son Strabo, Apicata wrote to the emperor in revenge against Livilla that Livilla and Seianus had murdered Drusus eight years earlier . Apicata then committed suicide. In December 31, Seianus' two younger children, Capito Aelianus and Aelia Iunilla, were also executed.
literature
- Paul von Rohden : Apicata . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2801.
Remarks
- ^ Rudolf Hanslik : Apicata. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 431.
- ^ Tacitus , Annals 4, 3; 4, 8-11; Cassius Dio 57, 22.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annals 4, 11, 2; Cassius Dio 58, 11, 6.
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| SURNAME | Apicata |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of the Roman Praetorian prefect Lucius Aelius Seianus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26th 31st |