Licinia
Licinia is the name used by
Known individuals
Daughter of Gaius Licinius Varus
Licinia (flourished 188 BC–180 BC) was the daughter of Gaius Licinius Varus and the sister of
Wife of Claudius Asellus
Licinia (died 153 BC), a woman killed by her relatives in 153 BC for allegedly murdering her husband Claudius Asellus; another woman similarly accused was Publicia, wife of the consul Lucius Postumius Albinus (consul 154 BC). Both women assigned real estate as bail to the urban praetor, but were killed (strangled) by their relatives before coming to trial. [1][2]
Daughters of Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus
Two daughters of
- Licinia Major (flourished 2nd century BC), was married to Gaius Sulpicius Galba.[3]
- Licinia Minor (flourished 2nd century BC), also known as Licinia Crassi. A younger daughter, she was the wife of
Daughter of Lucius Licinius Crassus
Two daughters of Lucius Licinius Crassus and his wife Laelia Minor, herself a daughter of Gaius Laelius Sapiens (consul in 140 BC). Both sisters and their mother were known for their pure Latin.
- Licinia Major the elder daughter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. This son is known to history as Metellus Scipio (see Caecilius Metellus) - Caesar's ineffectual military and political rival and Pompey's last father-in-law. His daughter was Cornelia Metella.[3]
- Licinia Minor the other daughter of Gaius Marius the Younger, according to both Plutarch and Cicero.
Wife of Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex
Licinia Crassa (flourished 2nd century BC & 1st century BC), noted for her beauty; the wife firstly of
Daughter of Marcus Licinius Crassus
Licinia (flourished 1st century BC & 1st century) was a daughter of the consul in 14 BC and governor
Daughter of Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi
Licinia Magna, daughter of the consul
Daughter of Theodosius II
Licinia Eudoxia (422–462), a Roman Empress, who was only daughter of Eastern Emperor Theodosius II and wife of the Western Emperors Valentinian III and Petronius Maximus.
Vestal Virgins
- Licinia, a Vestal Virgin, condemned in 114 BC or 113 BC by the famous jurist Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla(consul 127 BC) along with Marcia and Aemilia, for unchastity.
- Licinia (flourished 1st century BC), a Vestal Virgin who was courted by her kinsman triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus who wanted her property. This relationship gave rise to rumors. Plutarch says: "And yet when he was further on in years, he was accused of criminal intimacy with Licinia, one of the vestal virgins and Licinia was formally prosecuted by a certain Plotius. Now Licinia was the owner of a pleasant villa in the suburbs which Crassus wished to get at a low price, and it was for this reason that he was forever hovering about the woman and paying his court to her, until he fell under the abominable suspicion. And in a way it was his avarice that absolved him from the charge of corrupting the vestal, and he was acquitted by the judges. But he did not let Licinia go until he had acquired her property."[11] Licinia became a Vestal Virgin in 85 BC and remained a Vestal until 61 BC.[1]
- Licinia Praetextata, the Chief
Footnotes
References
- ^ Livy. Periochae 48'c-d
- ^ Valerius Maximus. Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium, Liber VI, 6.3.8
- ^ a b Genealogie. Gentes - L
- ^ Radin, Max. "The Wife of Gaius Gracchus and Her Dowry", Classical Philology, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul., 1913), pp. 354-356
- ^ a b c d Syme, The Roman Revolution, p.578
- ^ Elsner, Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi, p.57
- ^ The Cambridge Ancient History. Vol. 5, VII ed. London: Cambridge University Press, 1970-2007.
- ^ Anne Publie. "Les Cneuius".
- ^ Anne Publie. "Les Caesoninus".
- ^ Elsner, Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi, p.p.31&46
- ^ Plutarch. "The Life of Crassus." The Parallel Lives, Vol. III (1916), pp. 315-317
- ^ The Piso Frugi family
Sources
- Cicero - RhetHer_4'47; Cicero: Brut_159;L Ascon_45'c-46'a;L
- Plutarch - Moralia, or Roman Questions, 284'B-C
- Attalus - 113 B.C.