Pompeia Helena
Pompeia Helena was a Roman goldsmith who worked in Rome during the Roman Empire .
She is only known from her grave inscription in Rome, in which she is identified as a goldsmith. The inscription reads:
- Pompeia Cn (aei) l (iberta) Helena
- aur (i) ficis Caesaris
It is believed that it was a freedwoman from the gens of the Pompeians who worked for the emperor Augustus .
literature
- Rainer Vollkommer : Pompeia Helena. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 735.
Remarks
- ↑ CIL 6, 4430
- ↑ Monika Eichenauer: Investigations into the working world of women in Roman antiquity (= European university publications , series 3: History and its auxiliary sciences 360; at the same time: Dissertation University of Graz 1987). Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1988, ISBN 3-8204-1175-5 , p. 127; 130.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pompeia Helena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman goldsmith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1st century BC BC and 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1st century BC BC and 4th century |