Poppaeus
Poppaeus is a Roman gentile name that has been used since the 1st century BC. Until the early Imperial Era. An older form is written Popaius. The most famous family member was Poppaea Sabina , Nero's second wife .
Representative
- Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus († 35 AD), grandfather of Poppeia Sabina
- Quintus Poppaeus Secundus , suffect consul 9 AD, brother of Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus
- Poppaea Sabina the Elder († 47 AD), daughter of Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus, mother of Poppaea Sabina
- Poppaea Sabina (30–65 AD), Nero's second wife
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Schulz: On the history of Roman proper names . Göttingen 1904, p. 366.