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Ulpia Marciana


Bust of Ulpia Marciana. Louvre, Paris (France). Photo Marco Prins.
Bust of Ulpia Marciana (Louvre, Paris)
Ulpia Marciana (c.45 - 112): name of a Roman princess, sister of the emperor Trajan.

Life

  • Born between 44 and 52, between 15 and 30 August, as daughter of Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, an important general, and Marcia
  • Marriage to Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus
  • c.67: Birth of a daughter named Matidia
  • 78: Death of Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus
  • 98: Her brother Trajan becomes emperor
  • Between 100 and 105: proclaimed Augusta
  • 112, 29 Augusta: death
  • She is consecrated
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