List of Roman Empresses
Only those empresses who have carried the title of Augusta are included in this list .
empress | time | Remarks | |
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Livia Drusilla | 14-29 | Wife of Augustus | |
Antonia minor | 37 | Daughter of Mark Antony , mother of Claudius | |
Julia Agrippina | 50-59 | Wife of Claudius and mother Nero | |
Poppaea Sabina | 63-65 | Wife of Nero | |
Claudia | 63 | Daughter of Nero and Poppaea Sabina | |
Statilia Messalina | 66-68 | Wife of Nero | |
Flavia Iulia | 79 (?) - 89 (?) | Daughter of Titus and wife of Titus Flavius Sabinus | |
Domitia Longina | 81-96 | Wife of Domitian | |
Ulpia Marciana | 100 / 105-112 | Sister of Trajan | |
Pompeia Plotina | 100 / 105-123 | Wife of Trajan | |
Salonia Matidia maior | 112-119 | Daughter of Ulpia Marciana and niece of Trajan | |
Vibia Sabina | approx. 128 (?) - approx. 136 (?) | Wife of Hadrian | |
Annia Galeria Faustina | 138-140 | Wife of Antoninus Pius | |
Annia Galeria Faustina filia | 147-176 | Daughter of Antoninus Pius; Wife of Marcus Aurelius | |
Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla | 163 (?) - 181/182 | Daughter of Marcus Aurelius and wife of Lucius Verus | |
Grossia crispina | 178-192 | Wife of Commodus | |
Flavia Titiana (?) | 193 | Wife of Pertinax ; he rejected the Augusta title proposed by the Senate for Titiana; but this appears occasionally on inscriptions and coins. | |
Manlia Scantilla | 193 | Wife of Didius Iulianus | |
Didia Clara | 193 | Daughter of Didius Iulianus; Wife of Cornelius Repentinus | |
Julia Domna | 193-217 | Wife of Septimius Severus | |
Publia Fulvia Plautilla | 193-217 | Wife of Caracalla | |
Iulia Soaemias Bassiana | 218-222 | Mother of Elagabal | |
Julia Maesa | 218–224 (?) | Grandmother of Elagabal and Severus Alexander , regent 222–224 with Julia Mamaea | |
Iulia Cornelia Paula | 220-220 / 221 | First wife of Elagabal | |
Iulia Aquilia Severa | 220-220 / 221 | Second and fourth wife of Elagabal | |
Annia (Aurelia) Faustina | 221 | Third wife of Elagabal | |
Iulia Avita Mamaea | 222-235 | Mother of Severus Alexander, regent 222–224 with Julia Maesa | |
Gnaea Seia Herennia Sallustia Barbia Orbiana | 225/227 | Wife of Severus Alexander | |
Caecilia Paulina | 235/236 (?) | Wife of Maximinus Thrax | |
Furia Sabinia Tranquillina | 241–244 (?) | Daughter of Timesitheus ; Wife of Gordian III. | |
Marcia Otacilia Severa | 244–248 (?) | Wife of Philip the Arab | |
Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla | 249-251 | Wife of Decius , regent 251 | |
Gaia Cornelia Supera | 253 | Wife of Aemilianus | |
Cornelia Gallonia | 253 (?) - 260 (?) | (Second) wife of Valerian | |
Cornelia Salonina Chrysogone | 254 (?) - 268 (?) | Wife of Gallienus | |
Sulpicia Dryantilla | 260 | Wife of Regalianus | |
Septimia Zenobia | 272 | Wife of Septimius Odaenathus ; Mother of Vaballathus | |
Ulpia Severina | 274-275 | Wife of Aurelian , regent 274–275 | |
Magnia Urbica | 283-285 | Wife of Carinus | |
Galeria Valeria | 308 (?) - 314 | Daughter of Diocletian ; Wife of Galerius | |
Helena | approx. 325-329 | Wife of Constantius I , mother of Constantine I. | |
Flavia Maxima Fausta | 325 or 324-326 | Daughter of Maximian ; Wife of Constantine I. | |
Constantina | 335-354 | Daughter of Constantine I; Wife of Hannibalianus and later of Constantius Gallus | |
Albia Domnica | 364-379 | Wife of Valens , regent 378 | |
Aelia Flavia Flaccilla | 379-386 | Wife of Theodosius | |
Aelia Eudoxia | 400-404 | Wife of Arcadius | |
Galla Placidia | 421-422, 423-450 | Daughter of Theodosius, sister of Arcadius and Honorius , unwilling wife of Athaulf and Constantius , mother of Valentinian , regent 425–437 | |
Licinia Eudoxia | 437-462 | Daughter of Theodosius II , wife of Valentinian and against the will of Petronius Maximus | |
Aelia Zenonis | 475-476 | Wife of Basiliscus | |
Euphemia | 517-524 | Wife of Justin I | |
Theodora I. | 527-548 | Wife of Justinian | |
Aelia Sophia | 565 - after 601 | Wife of Justin II , regent 573-578 |
Remarks
literature
- Alexander Demandt : The private life of the Roman emperors . 2nd Edition. Beck Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 3-406-54774-5 .
- Dietmar Kienast : Roman imperial table. Basic features of a Roman imperial chronology . 2nd Edition. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1996, ISBN 3-534-18240-5 .
- Anne Kolb : Augustae, Power-Conscious Women at the Roman Imperial Court? . 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2010. ISBN 978-3-05-004898-7