Herennia Etruscilla

Coin of Etruscilla
(Valkhof, Nijmegen)

Herennia Etruscilla: name of a Roman empress, married to Decius (ruled 249-251).

Life

c.230: Marriage to Decius

sons: Quintus Herennius Decius; Gaius Valens Hostilianus

Autumn 249: Decius proclaimed emperor; his wife renamed Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla Augusta
June 251: Decius and his eldest son, Quintus Herennius Decius, killed un action
Trebonianus Gallus becomes emperor; he adopts Hostilian, who soon succumbs to the plague; so does his mother
Damnatio memoriae

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