Fadilla

Fadilla
Fadilla
Born	c. 159; Rome, Italy
Died	after 211
Spouse	Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus
Dynasty	Nerva–Antonine
Father	Marcus Aurelius
Mother	Faustina the Younger

Annia Aurelia Fadilla, most commonly known as Fadilla (159 – after 211)

Marcus Annius Verus

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Life

Fadilla was born and raised in Rome. During the reign of her father, she married

through adoption was her uncle).^[3] The mother of Plautius Quintillus was Ceionia Fabia

, sister of Lucius Verus. Fadilla bore Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus two children: a son, (Plautius) Quintillus, and a daughter, Plautia Servilla.

When her father died in 180, her remaining brother Commodus succeeded him as Roman emperor. During Commodus' reign, Fadilla and her family lived in a private palace on Capitoline Hill in Rome which was later bestowed by the later Roman emperor Elagabalus (218–222) as one of his mother's favorite residences. Her husband became one of Commodus' main advisers.

According to Herodian (History of the Roman Empire 1.13.1), Fadilla warned Commodus about Marcus Aurelius Cleander, a Praetorian prefect, who was becoming too powerful. With the help from one of her sisters, she uncovered and revealed a palace conspiracy aimed at the removal of Commodus in 189.^[4]^[5]

Nerva–Antonine family tree

Q. Marcius Barea Soranus

Q. Marcius Barea Sura

Antonia Furnilla

M. Cocceius Nerva

Sergia Plautilla

P. Aelius Hadrianus

Titus
(r. 79–81)

Marcia Furnilla

Marcia

Trajanus Pater

Nerva
(r. 96–98)

Ulpia^[i]

Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus

Flavia^[ii]

Marciana^[iii]

C. Salonius Matidius^[iv]

Trajan
(r. 98–117)

Plotina

P. Acilius Attianus

P. Aelius Afer^[v]

Paulina Major^[vi]

Lucius Mindius (2)

Libo Rupilius Frugi (3)

Salonia Matidia^[vii]

L. Vibius Sabinus (1)^[viii]

Paulina Minor^[vi]

L. Julius Ursus Servianus^[ix]

Matidia Minor^[vii]

Sabina^[iii]

Hadrian^[v]^[x]^[vi] (r. 117–138)

Antinous^[xi]

C. Fuscus Salinator I

Julia Serviana Paulina

M. Annius Verus^[xii]

Rupilia Faustina^[xiii]^[xiv]

Boionia Procilla

Cn. Arrius Antoninus

L. Ceionius Commodus

Appia Severa

C. Fuscus Salinator II

L. Caesennius Paetus

Arria Antonina

Arria Fadilla^[xv]

T. Aurelius Fulvus

L. Caesennius Antoninus

L. Commodus

Plautia

unknown^[xvi]

C. Avidius Nigrinus

M. Annius Verus^[xiii]

Calvisia Domitia Lucilla^[xvii]

Fundania^[xviii]

M. Annius Libo^[xiii]

Faustina^[xv]

Antoninus Pius
(r. 138–161)^[xv]

L. Aelius Caesar^[xvi]

Avidia^[xvi]

Cornificia^[xiii]

Marcus Aurelius
(r. 161–180)^[xix]

Faustina Minor^[xix]

C. Avidius Cassius^[xx]

Aurelia Fadilla^[xv]

Lucius Verus
(r. 161–169)^[xvi] (1)

Ceionia Fabia^[xvi]

Plautius Quintillus^[xxi]

Q. Servilius Pudens

Ceionia Plautia^[xvi]

Cornificia Minor^[xxii]

M. Petronius Sura

Commodus
(r. 177–192)^[xix]

Fadilla^[xxii]

M. Annius Verus Caesar^[xix]

Ti. Claudius Pompeianus (2)

Lucilla^[xix]

M. Plautius Quintillus^[xvi]

Junius Licinius Balbus

Servilia Ceionia

Petronius Antoninus

L. Aurelius Agaclytus (2)

Junius Licinius Balbus

?

Furia Sabina Tranquillina

Gordian III
(r. 238–244)

(1) = 1st spouse
(2) = 2nd spouse
(3) = 3rd spouse
  Reddish-purple indicates emperor of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty
  lighter purple indicates designated imperial heir of said dynasty who never reigned
  grey indicates unsuccessful imperial aspirants
  bluish-purple indicates emperors of other dynasties
dashed lines indicate adoption; dotted lines indicate love affairs/unmarried relationships
Small Caps = posthumously deified (Augustae
, or other)

Notes:

Except where otherwise noted, the notes below indicate that an individual's parentage is as shown in the above family tree.

^ Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.
^ Giacosa (1977), p. 8.
^ ^a ^b Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ ^a ^b Giacosa (1977), p. 7.
^ ^a ^b ^c DIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".
^ ^a ^b Giacosa (1977), p. 9.
^ Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.
^ Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".
^ Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.
^ Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.
^ Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ It is uncertain whether Rupilia Faustina was Frugi's daughter by Salonia Matidia or another woman.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Levick (2014), p. 162.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Levick (2014), p. 164.
^ Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.
^ Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Giacosa (1977), p. 10.
^ The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.
^ Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.
^ ^a ^b ^c Levick (2014), p. 117.

References:

DIR contributors (2000). "De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families". Retrieved 2015-04-14.
Giacosa, Giorgio (1977). Women of the Caesars: Their Lives and Portraits on Coins. Translated by R. Ross Holloway. Milan: Edizioni Arte e Moneta.
ISBN 0-8390-0193-2
.

Lambert, Royston (1984). Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. New York: Viking.
ISBN 0-670-15708-2
.

ISBN 978-0-19-537941-9
.

Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

References

^ Jona Lendering. "Fadilla". Livius.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
ISBN 978-1-118-21984-3
.

ISSN 0066-4774
.

ISSN 0026-7074
.

ISBN 978-90-04-50045-7
, retrieved 2024-02-02

Sources

"Women of History - F". A Bit of History.

Lendering, Jona (2007). "Fadilla". Jona Lendering. Livius.org.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fadilla&oldid=1203094801"

[6] Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[giac8-7] Giacosa (1977), p. 8.

[lev161-8] Levick (2014), p. 161.

[9] Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[giac7-10] Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[DIR_hadrian-11] DIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".

[giac9-12] Giacosa (1977), p. 9.

[13] Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[Smith_Servianus-14] Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".

[Smith_1870a_p._319-15] Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.

[16] Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.

[17] Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[lev163-18] Levick (2014), p. 163.

[19] It is uncertain whether Rupilia Faustina was Frugi's daughter by Salonia Matidia or another woman.

[lev162-20] Levick (2014), p. 162.

[lev164-21] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Levick (2014), p. 164.

[22] Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[23] Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[giac10-24] Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[25] The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.

[26] Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.

[lev117-27] Levick (2014), p. 117.

[livius1-1] Jona Lendering. "Fadilla". Livius.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.

[2] ISBN 978-1-118-21984-3
.

[3] ISSN 0066-4774
.

[4] ISSN 0026-7074
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[5] ISBN 978-90-04-50045-7
, retrieved 2024-02-02

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