Domitilla the younger

Flavia Domitilla the Younger ( Latin Flavia Domitilla minor , often Domitilla for short ; * around 45; † before 69) was the daughter of the later Roman emperor Vespasian and the older Domitilla .

Domitilla the Younger was thus a sister of the later emperors Titus and Domitian . At the age of 15 she was married to Quintus Petillius Cerialis , a senator who later became her father's high general. The couple had a daughter, also named Flavia Domitilla , who is venerated as a Christian saint .

Domitilla died before Vespasian became emperor in 69. Under Domitian, either she or her mother were awarded numerous honors, including the posthumous award of the honorary title Augusta and deification (she was henceforth worshiped as a diva ). A temple in Ferentium was also dedicated to Flavia Domitilla.

literature

Rudolf Hanslik : Flavius II. 22. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 574.

Remarks

↑ CIL 6, 31287 .
↑ CIL 5, 2829 = Hermann Dessau , Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 6692.
↑ AE 1962, 272 . On the posthumous honors cf. Paul Veyne : Les honneurs posthumes de Flavia Domitilla et les dédicaces grecques et latines . In: Latomus . Volume 21, 1962, pp. 49-98. Helmut Castritius, for example, argues that the honors were intended for Domitilla's mother: The Flavian family. Wives of Vespasian, Titus and Domitian . In: Hildegard Temporini-Countess Vitzthum (Hrsg.): Die Kaiserinnen Roms. From Livia to Theodora . CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-49513-3 , pp. 171-173.

personal data
SURNAME	Domitilla the younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Domitilla; Flavia Domitilla the younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Daughter of the Roman emperor Vespasian
DATE OF BIRTH	at 45
DATE OF DEATH	at 66

[1] CIL 6, 31287 .

[2] CIL 5, 2829 = Hermann Dessau , Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 6692.

[3] AE 1962, 272 . On the posthumous honors cf. Paul Veyne : Les honneurs posthumes de Flavia Domitilla et les dédicaces grecques et latines . In: Latomus . Volume 21, 1962, pp. 49-98. Helmut Castritius, for example, argues that the honors were intended for Domitilla's mother: The Flavian family. Wives of Vespasian, Titus and Domitian . In: Hildegard Temporini-Countess Vitzthum (Hrsg.): Die Kaiserinnen Roms. From Livia to Theodora . CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-49513-3 , pp. 171-173.