Galeria Fundana
Galeria Fundana was the daughter of a Roman senator in the praetoric rank and the second wife of the later emperor Vitellius .
All that is known about Galeria Fundana is that her father was a praetor and that she married Aulus Vitellius around the year 60 at the latest, who became emperor in 69. She had two children by him: an older daughter, Vitellia, and a son, born around 62/63, the younger Vitellius .
In the year of the four emperors she saved the life of her relative Publius Galerius Trachalus , a confidante of Otho .
literature
- PIR² G 33.
Remarks
- ↑ Tacitus, Histories 2,60,2.
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SURNAME | Galeria Fundana |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fundana, Galeria |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | second wife of the Roman emperor Vitellius |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |