| Pompeia Plotina | |||||
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| Augusta | |||||
.jpg) Bust of Plotina, exhibited in the Vatican Museums. | |||||
| Roman empress | |||||
| Tenure | 98 – 117 | ||||
| Born | Tejada la Vieja, Hispania or Nemausus, Gaul | ||||
| Died | 121/122 | ||||
| Spouse | Trajan | ||||
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| Dynasty | Nerva–Antonine | ||||
| Father | Lucius Pompeius | ||||
Pompeia Plotina (died 121/122) was Roman empress from 98 to 117 as the wife of Trajan. She was renowned for her interest in philosophy, and her virtue, dignity and simplicity. She was particularly devoted to the Epicurean philosophical school in Athens, Greece.[1] She is often viewed as having provided Romans with fairer taxation, improved education, assisted the poor, and created tolerance in Roman society.
- ^ Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spawforth-E.A. (edd.), Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 1214.