Ulpia (grandmother of Hadrian)

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Ulpia
CitizenshipRoman
Known forRelative of the
Publius Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus
ChildrenPublius Aelius Hadrianus Afer
Parent
  • Marcus Ulpius (father)

Ulpia (full name possibly Ulpia Plotina, about 31 - before 86) was a noble Roman woman from the gens Ulpia settled in Spain during the 1st century CE. She was the paternal aunt of the Roman emperor Trajan and the paternal grandmother of the emperor Hadrian.

Life

Roman aureus struck under Trajan, c. 115. The reverse commemorates both Trajan's natural father and Ulpia's brother, Marcus Ulpius Traianus (right), and his adoptive father, the deified Nerva (left).

Her paternal ancestors moved from

adopted son and heir of the deified emperor Nerva.[1][2]

Ulpia married a Roman Senator,

Aelia Domitia Paulina and Publius Aelius Hadrianus or Hadrian, who was adopted by Trajan and became his heir.[3][4][5][6]

Identification

A very wealthy woman named Ulpia M. f. Plotina ("M. f." meaning her fathers

Anthony R. Birley,[14] and Julian Bennett;[15] Ronald Syme did not assume an exact relation to the imperial family but believed her to be a kinswoman of Trajan.[16]

Nerva–Antonine family tree

References

  1. ^ Drăgan, Iosif Constantin (1985). Dacia's Imperial Millennium. Nagard Publ. p. 117. Ulpia, his grandmother, was the sister of M. Ulpius Trajanus, Trajan's father, so Hadrian was the emperor's nephew by a cousin of the first degree.
  2. ^ Trahan, Conrad W. (1979). A Trahan History and Genealogy. Trahan. p. 173. Trajan's paternal aunt Ulpia was 6 Hadrian's grandmother and Hadrian came from Adria on the Adige . ?
  3. ^ Atti Del IV Congresso Internazionale Di Papirologia: Firenze, 28 Aprile-2 Maggio 1935, XIII. Cisalpino-La Goliardica. 1976. p. 87. An Ulpia, grandmother of Hadrian, might unite both families, but apparently is too farfetched; and a gentile deity Ulpia ( cf.
  4. ISBN 978-0-19-537941-9
    . Sabina wed Hadrian in about 100. The year 112 brought her the prospect of additional distinction. Her grandmother Ulpia Marciana died at the end of August ...
  5. ISBN 978-90-5063-567-7
    . TI . FLAV . SABINIANUS DIOMEDES MENIPPOS, Son of the City . Mo. ULPIA APPHIAS . Grandmother CLAUDIA LEONTIS ( Appendix 3, no . 28 ) . Time of Hadrian . 3.
  6. ISBN 978-0-86690-463-6
    . The Emperor Trajan (53-1 17), His paternal aunt Ulpia was the paternal grandmother of ...
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  11. ISBN 978-951-96902-9-2
    . We may compare, for instance, Ulpia Plotina (possibly a relative, perhaps the aunt, of Trajan and paternal grandmother of Hadrian, mentioned in ...
  12. ISBN 978-1-139-57660-4
    . A water-pipe stamped with Ulpiae Marcianae ('Of Ulpia Marciana') probably from ... (possibly Trajan's aunt and Hadrian's paternal grandmother): Camodeca, ...
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