Volusia Saturnina also known from her funeral inscription as Volusia Latina Saturnina[1] was a Roman noble woman who lived in the Roman Empire in the second half of the 1st century BC and first half of the first century AD.
Volusia Latina Saturnina | |
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| Spouse | Marcus Lollius |
| Children | Lollia Saturnina Lollia Paulina |
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Family background edit
Saturnina came from an ancient and distinguished Senatorial family, that never rose above the Praetorship[2] which was of eques status.[3]
She was the daughter of the suffect consul Lucius Volusius Saturninus by his wife Nonia Polla.[4] Volusia Saturnina was a first cousin once removed to Roman emperor Tiberius and his brother, the General Nero Claudius Drusus.[5] Her brother was the suffect consul Lucius Volusius Saturninus.[6]
Marriage and issue edit
Saturnina married Marcus Lollius,[7] the son of the consul and military leader Marcus Lollius[8] and his wife Aurelia. Aurelia was a sister to the Roman Senator Marcus Aurelius Cotta Maximus Messalinus.[9]
Saturnina and Lollius had two daughters:[8]
References edit
- ^ Hainzmann, Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum, p.718 & 894
- ^ Tacitus, Annales, III.30
- ^ Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
- ^ Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (2001). ZPE. Vol. 136. University of Michigan: Habelt. p. 229.
- ^ Ronald Syme, The Roman Revolution (Oxford: University Press, 1960), p. 424
- ^ Syme, Ronald (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy (illustrated and revised ed.). Clarendon Press. pp. ?. ISBN 9780198147312.
- ^ Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, p. 169
- ^ a b Marcus Lollius’ article at Livius.org
- ^ Syme, Roman Revolution, p. 178
Sources edit
- Tacitus - The Annals of Imperial Rome
- G. Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, CUP Archive, 1971
- M. Hainzmann & P. Schubert, Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum, Walter de Gruyter, 1987
- Lollia Gens article at ancient library
- Marcus Lollius no. 5 article at ancient library
- Quintus Volusius no.2 article at ancient library
- Romeins Imperium – Lucius Quintus Volusius Saturninus translated from Dutch to English
- Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscoll
- Marcus Lollius’ article at Livius.org