Marcia (mistress of Commodus)

Engraved amethyst (18 x 14 mm), sometimes identified as Marcia.

Marcia Aurelia Ceionia Demetrias (died 193) was the alleged mistress (182–193) and one of the assassins of Roman Emperor Commodus. Marcia was likely to have been the daughter of Marcus Aurelius Sabinianus Euhodius, a freedman of the co-emperor Lucius Verus.[1][2]

  1. ^ Lightman, Marjorie and Benjamin Lightman. Biographical dictionary of ancient Greek and Roman women: notable women from Sappho to Helena. New York: Facts On File, 2000, p. 157.
  2. ^ Krawczuk, Aleksander (2006). Poczet cesarzowych Rzymu. Warszawa: Iskry. ISBN 83-244-0021-4.