Domitilla the Younger

Daughter of Roman emperor Vespasian
  • Vespasian (father)
  • Domitilla the Elder (mother)
FamilyFlavian dynasty

Flavia Domitilla the Younger or Flavia Domitilla Minor (c. 45 – c. 66) was the only daughter of the Roman Emperor Vespasian.

Biography

She was the child of Vespasian and his wife Domitilla the Elder.[1] She was born after her brother Titus and before her brother Domitian.[2] At the age of fifteen, she was married to Quintus Petillius Cerialis, with whom she had a daughter, the later Christian saint Flavia Domitilla.

Domitilla died before Vespasian became emperor in 69. She was later deified by her younger brother Domitian, who also bestowed the honorific title of Augusta upon her.

Flavian family tree

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FLAVIAN DYNASTY detailed family tree
Titus Flavius PetroTertullaVespasius PollioJulia the Younger
Titus Flavius SabinusVespasia PollaVespasius
(praetor)		Aemilia LepidaAgrippina the ElderGermanicus
Titus Flavius SabinusVespasian
(69–79)		Domitilla the ElderFlavia
(died young)		Junia LepidaVistilia
Titus Flavius SabinusDomitilla the YoungerTitus
(79–81)		Arrecina TertullaCassia LonginaGnaeus Domitius CorbuloCaesoniaCaligula
(37–41)
Titus Flavius SabinusTitus Flavius ClemensFlavia DomitillaJulia FlaviaDomitian
(81–96)		Domitia LonginaDomitia
Flavius Caesar

See also

References

  1. ^ Wood, Susan (2010). "Who Was Diva Domitilla? Some Thoughts on the Public Images of the Flavian Women". American Journal of Archaeology. 114 (1): 45–57. doi:10.3764/aja.114.1.45. JSTOR 20627643.
  2. ^ Strauss, Barry (2019). Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-4516-6883-4.

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