Salonina Matidia

Salonina Matidia ( * before 64; † 119 ), also called Matidia the Elder, was the only child of wealthy praetor Gaius Saloninus Matidius Patruinus Ulpia Marciana and the. She was the favorite niece of her maternal uncle, the Roman emperor Trajan, mother of his successor Hadrian and great-grandmother of Marcus Aurelius.

Life

Trajan's marriage was childless, and he is said to have treated his niece Salonina Matidia as his own daughter. After the death of her father in 78 she and her mother were included in the household of Trajan and his wife Pompeia Plotina. Salonina Matidia undertook many trips with her imperial uncle and this probably was looking for problems their advice.

Her first husband was Libo Frugi Rupilius. Rupilius was 88 Suffektkonsul year. The child from this marriage was Rupilia Faustina, Marcus Annius Verus who married. His second wife Matidia married an otherwise completely unknown Mindius. From this marriage a daughter Mindia Matidia emerged. After the early death Mindius ' Matidia married a third time, Lucius Vibius Sabinus, Suffektkonsul in 97 The child from this marriage was Vibia Sabina, who married the future Emperor Hadrian 100.

On August 29, 112 Matidia was awarded the honorary title of Augusta. Salonina Matidia died in 119 and was incorporated as a diva in the Roman pantheon. Her son Hadrian, Roman Emperor since 117 is said to have written the funeral oration. In her honor, a temple on the Campus Martius in Rome and an altar were consecrated.