Domitia Paulina

Domitia Paulina ( minor , ie the younger ; * around 75, † around 130) was the older sister of the Roman emperor Hadrian .

Life

Domitia Paulina Minor was the eldest child and the only daughter of her mother of the same name (called Domitia Paulina Maior to distinguish it) and of the senator Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer , who made it to the praetore . She came from a respected Roman senatorial family based in Spain and was most likely born and raised in Italica (near today's Seville ) in the province of Hispania Baetica . After the death of their parents (around 86 AD), the later Roman emperor Trajan , who was related to their father, and the officer Publius Acilius Attianus took over their upbringing and their brother Hadrian. Before his accession to the throne (98 AD), Trajan married his ward Domitia Paulina to the Spanish-Roman senator and three-time consul Lucius Iulius Ursus Servianus . The marriage resulted in a daughter Iulia Serviana Paulina, who was married by her parents before Trajan's death (117 AD) to the Roman consular Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator , who also came from Spain . Senator Pliny the Younger , who was a friend of Domitia Paulina, wrote a letter to congratulate her on this marriage.

Domitia Paulina died around 130 AD, but at least after 125 AD. Her brother and husband had her solemnly buried in private. Hadrian did not honor her publicly for a long time after her death. But inscriptions were found in which she is celebrated as the emperor's sister, for example in Fundi , in Lyttos on Crete and in Attaleia .

literature

Stone: Domitia 108). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 1519 f.
Domitia [10]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , column 745.

Remarks

↑ Her full name was probably Aelia Domitia Paulina ; but in the sources she is almost always just called Paulina .
↑ Historia Augusta , Hadrian 1, 2; Cassius Dio 79, 11, 4; CIL 10, 6220 ; among others
↑ Historia Augusta, Hadrian 1, 2.
↑ Inscriptiones Creticae I 201, 43.
^ Cassius Dio 79, 11, 4.

personal data
SURNAME	Domitia Paulina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aelia Domitia Paulina; Paulina, Domitia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Sister of Hadrian
DATE OF BIRTH	at 75
DATE OF DEATH	at 130

[1] Her full name was probably Aelia Domitia Paulina ; but in the sources she is almost always just called Paulina .

[2] Historia Augusta , Hadrian 1, 2; Cassius Dio 79, 11, 4; CIL 10, 6220 ; among others

[3] Historia Augusta, Hadrian 1, 2.

[4] Inscriptiones Creticae I 201, 43.

[5] Cassius Dio 79, 11, 4.