Iunia Torquata
Iunia Torquata (* before 10 BC; † 55 AD) was a vestal virgin from the Iunier family . She was the daughter of Gaius Junius Silanus (Torquatus?) And sister of the consul of the year 10 n. Chr., Gaius Junius Silanus , the 22 n. Chr. As proconsul of Asia because laesa maiestas was indicted. Torquata worked to ensure that, for the sake of the family's reputation, he was not exiled to the inhospitable Cycladic island of Gyaros , but to the neighboring, larger island of Kythnos . From the inhabitants of another Cycladic island, Tenos , Iunia Torquata received an only incompletely preserved honorary inscription, from which the reason for this honor cannot be deduced. Two inscriptions attest that Iunia Torquata was a vestal virgin at the age of 64 and later rose to vestalis maxima .
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literature
- Meret Strothmann : Iunia [7]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 , Sp. 57.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Iunia C. Silani f. Torquata appears from 5 BC. BC to 55 AD in the Fasti sacerdotum (Jörg Rüpke: Fasti sacerdotum: the members of the priesthoods and the sacred officials of Roman, Greek, Oriental and Judeo-Christian cults in the city of Rome from 300 BC to 499 AD . Chr , Volume 1).
- ^ Tacitus : Annals 3, 66.
- ↑ Tacitus: Annals 3, 69.
- ↑ IG 12,5,920, B . Cf. Anne Bielmann Sanchez: Pictures (almost) without a word. The Greek grave steles for priestesses. In: Silvia Schröer: Images and gender. Contributions to the hermeneutics of reading ancient art. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006, pp. 351–378; P. 374, note 50.
- ↑ CIL 6, 2128 .
- ↑ CIL 6, 2127 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iunia Torquata |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Torquata, Iunia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman vestal virgin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 10 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 55 |