Vitellia (daughter of emperor Vitellius)

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Vitellia
Rupilia Faustina
Parents
(mother)

Vitellia

Decimus Valerius Asiaticus. A fictionalised Vitellia is a central character in the opera La clemenza di Tito by Mozart
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Biography

Vitellia was the daughter of the emperor Aulus Vitellius, born from his second marriage to Galeria Fundana.[3] Vitellia had a brother, Vitellius Germanicus and a half-brother Vitellius Petronianus, who was the son of Vitellius' first wife, Petronia.[4] In 69, Vitellius began to struggle for power, and at this time Vitellia was in Rome with her mother. Whilst her father was away at war, she and the rest of her family came under the protection of the emperor Otho.[5] After the first Battle of Bedriacum, where Vitellius defeated Otho, his wife and children joined him in Lugdunum.[5]

According to

Rupilia Faustina, thus explaining the use of the nomen Galeria among female members of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.[1][2]

Fictional portrayal

Sextus kneels before Emperor Titus. Behind them, Vitellia falls into Tullia's arms. Before the people Titus shows his mild character and gives the two freedom after their betrayal.

Vitellia is a central character in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito, where a dramatic account of her life has her attempt to assassinate Titus, after he declares his love for the Jewish princess Berenice.[9] The opera is set in 79.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ Her full name may have been Vitellia Galeria' or Vitellia Galeria Fundania.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Rupilius. Strachan stemma.
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  3. ^ Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, "Vitellius". 6.
  4. ^ Gwyn Morgan, 69 AD: The Year of Four Emperors (Oxford: University Press, 2005), p. 149.
  5. ^ a b Tacitus, Histories, I. 75; Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Othon", 5, 16.
  6. ^ Tacitus, Histories, I, 59.
  7. ^ Bowman, The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 10, p. 217
  8. ^ Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, "Vespasian", 14.
  9. ISBN 978-1-85828-749-2
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  10. OCLC 922799539
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