Apronia
Apronia († 24 AD) was a Roman woman from the Apronier family who lived in the 1st half of the 1st century AD.
Apronia was a daughter of the suffect consul of 8 AD, Lucius Apronius , and the second wife of the praetor of 24 AD, Marcus Plautius Silvanus . In the same year 24, she fell out of a window in her husband's house and died. On the suspicion that she was forcibly thrown out of the window by her husband - albeit for unknown reasons - her father turned accusatory to the emperor Tiberius . Silvanus justified himself that he had been sound asleep at the time of Apronia's death and therefore knew nothing; his wife must have committed suicide. But Tiberius made a personal examination of the case and inspected the room from whose window Apronia had fallen. He found traces of a fight and thus indications that spoke in favor of the murder charges brought against Silvanus. He reported these facts to the Senate . Urgulania sent her grandson Silvanus a dagger with which he should kill himself. Due to Urgulania's close friendship with the Empress Mother Livia , this was equivalent to an order from the Emperor himself. After the attempt to kill himself with the dagger had failed, Silvanus had his veins opened.
literature
- Paul von Rohden : Apronius 10) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 275.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Apronia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of the Roman praetor Marcus Plautius Silvanus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 24 |