Flavia Titiana - Citizendia

Flavia Titiana was a Roman empress, wife of emperor Helvius Pertinax, who ruled briefly in 193. Publius Helvius Pertinax, commonly known as Pertinax ( August 1, 126 &ndash March 28, 193) was a Roman emperor who briefly Events By Place Roman Empire January 1 — Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor.

Life

Flavia Titiana was the daughter of a senator, Titus Flavius Sulpicianus. She married Helvius Pertinax, a rich self-made man who had made a successful military and civil career. Flavia Titiana bore two children, a boy called Publius Helvius Pertinax and an unknown daughter.

Pertinax was proclaimed emperor after the murder of Commodus on January 1, 193. Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus ( August 31, 161 – December 31, 192) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 (also with New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events By Place Roman Empire January 1 — Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor. While the new princeps was offering the customary sacrifice on the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Senate gave Flavia Titiana the honorary title of Augusta. The Latin word Princeps (plural principes) means exactly 'a prime' The Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. The Roman Senate was a political institution in Ancient Rome.

After the murder of Pertinax by the praetorians on March 28, 193 neither Flavia, nor her children were hurt. The Praetorian Guard ( Latin: PRÆTORIANI was a special force of Guards used by Roman Emperors Before being appropriated Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Events By Place Roman Empire January 1 — Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor.

The Historia Augusta claims that Flavia Titiana "carried on an amour quite openly with a man who sang to the lyre" but Pertinax was not concerned. The Augustan History ( Lat Historia Augusta) is a late Roman collection of biographies in Latin of the Roman Emperors their junior ^[1]

References

^ Historia Augusta • Life of Pertinax

Preceded by Bruttia Crispina	Empress of Rome 193	Succeeded by Manlia Scantilla

Bruttia Crispina (164-182 or 187 was the Empress of Rome and wife of Roman Emperor Commodus. The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Events By Place Roman Empire January 1 — Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor. Manlia Scantilla was a Roman woman who lived in the 2nd century

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