Domitia Longina - Livius (original) (raw)

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Domitia Longina (c.53-c.130): wife ot the Roman emperor Domitian.

Relatives

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  Domitia Longina
  Father: Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
• Mother: Cassia Longina
• First husband: Lucius Aelius Plautius Lamia Aelianus
• Second husband: Domitian
  • Children: a son Titus Flavius (?)

Main deeds

• Born between 50 and 55 as daughter of Rome's famous general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and his wife Cassia Longina
• Before 70: Domitia's first marriage: to Lucius Aelius Plautius Lamia Aelianus
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  Domitia as Juno
  69: Year of the Four Emperors; coup of Vespasian
• 70: Domitia's second marriage: to Domitian, second son of Vespasian
• 73: Birth of a son; he dies before his tenth birthday
• 79: Death of Vespasian; he is succeeded by his eldest son, Titus
• 81: Death of Titus; he is succeeded by his brother; Domitia receives the title Augusta
• Her son Titus Flavius dies; he receives divine honors
• 83: Exile and recall
• 96: Assassination of Domitian; Domitia appears to have been somehow involved
• After 126 and before 140, a temple is dedicated to Domitia in Gabii, proving that by then, she was dead.