Sallustia Orbiana

Bust of Sallustia Orbiana (Louvre, Paris)

Sallustia Orbiana: name of a Roman empress, wife of the emperor Severus Alexander (r.222-235)

Life

Date of birth unknown; daughter of Lucius Seius Herennius Sallustius, the praetorian prefect
225 or 226: Marriage to the emperor Severus Alexander; official title Sallustia Barbia Orbiana Augusta
227: An attempted coup by her father fails; she is sent into exile and lives in Africa

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