Domitia Lepida

Domitia Lepida
Domitia Lepida depicted trying to shield her daughter Messalina. The Death of Messalina by Fernand Lematte, 1870
Spouse(s)Valerius Messalla Barbatus
Faustus Cornelius Sulla
Appius Junius Silanus
ChildrenValeria Messalina
Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix
Marcus Junius Silanus[1]
Parents
Roman imperial dynasties
Julio-Claudian dynasty
Chronology
27 BC – AD 14
AD 14–37
AD 37–41
AD 41–54
AD 54–68
Preceded by
Roman Republic		 Followed by
Year of the Four Emperors

Domitia Lepida (c. 5 BC – AD 54) was a Roman aristocrat, related to the imperial family. She was mother of Valeria Messalina, wife of the Emperor Claudius. Lepida was a beautiful and influential figure.[2] Like her sister, she was also very wealthy. She had holdings in Calabria and owned the praedia Lepidiana.[3]

  1. ^ Ginsburg, "Nero's Consular Policy", American Journal of Ancient History 6 (1981), p. 52
  2. ^ Tacitus, Annals, 12.64.
  3. ^ Raepsaet-Charlier M.-Th., Prosopographie des femmes de l'ordre sénatorial (Ier-IIe siècles), 2 vol., Louvain, 1987, 285 ff [286].