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Vespasian was the first emperor from an equestrian family who rose only later in his lifetime into the senatorial rank as the first of his family to do so. Vespasian's renown came from his military success; [6] he was legate of Legio II Augusta during the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 and subjugated Judaea during the Jewish rebellion of 66. [7]
Flavia Domitilla Major was the wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian and mother of the emperors Titus and Domitian. [1] She died before her husband became emperor in 69 AD. [2] After her death she is thought to have been deified by the name Diva Domitilla. [2]
Flavia Domitilla the Elder (died before 69 AD), the wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian Flavia Domitilla the Younger (c. 45 – c. 66), Vespasian's only daughter Flavia Domitilla (wife of Clemens) (fl. 1st century), granddaughter of Vespasian
Flavia Domitilla was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century AD. She was a granddaughter of Emperor Vespasian and a niece of Emperors Titus and Domitian.She married her second cousin, the consul Titus Flavius Clemens, a grand-nephew of Vespasian through his father Titus Flavius Sabinus.
According to Suetonius, after the death of Vespasian's wife Flavia Domitilla, Vespasian and Caenis, now a freedwoman, resumed their relationship; she was his wife "in all but name" until her death in AD 75.
Titus Flavius T. f. T. n. Vespasianus, the emperor Vespasian, was consul suffectus in AD 51, and proconsul in Africa and Judaea under Nero. He became emperor in AD 69, on the death of Vitellius, and reigned until his death in 79. Flavia Domitilla, otherwise known as Domitilla the Elder, the wife of Vespasian.
Domitilla the Elder died before Vespasian became emperor. Thereafter his mistress Caenis was his wife in all but name until she died in 74. [5] The political career of Vespasian included the offices of quaestor, aedile and praetor, and culminated with a consulship in 51, the year Domitian was born.
Emperor Nero then appointed Vespasian to put down the rebellion; he landed in Judaea with the Fifth and Tenth legions in 67. [16] He was later joined at Ptolemais by his son Titus, who brought with him the Fifteenth legion. [17] With a strength of 60,000 professional soldiers, the Romans quickly swept across Galilee and by 69 marched on ...