Matidia the Elder

Bust of Matidia (Louvre, Paris)

Matidia the Elder (c.65 - 119 CE): name of a Roman princess, related to the emperor Trajan.

Life

Before 67, probably 4 July: born as daughter of Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus and Ulpia Marciana (sister of Trajan)
First marriage: to Mindius
Second marriage: to Lucius Vibius Sabinus

c.85: Birth of Sabina

97: Vibius consul
98?: Death of Vibius
98: Trajan becomes emperor
Third marriage to Libo Rupilius Frugi

Birth of Rupilia Faustina

100: Sabina marries Hadrian
112, 29 August: Matidia is proclaimed Augusta
117: Death of Trajan; Hadrian succeeds him
119, before 23 December: Death
Matidia was consecrated

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