Vistilia | |
|---|---|
| Known for | progenitor of several notable Romans |
| Children | Glitius Publius Pomponius Secundus Quintus Pomponius Secundus Orfitus Publius Suillius Rufus Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo Milonia Caesonia |
| Relatives | Sextus Vistilius (brother) Domitia Longina (granddaughter) |
Vistilia was a Roman matron of the gens Vistilia known by her contemporaries for having seven children by six different husbands; Pliny the Elder was more impressed by the fact most of her pregnancies were remarkably brief.[1] Five of her sons became consuls, her daughter Milonia Caesonia became Roman empress through her marriage to Caligula, and her granddaughter Domitia Longina became empress through her marriage with Domitian. Due to her fertility Vistilia became a byword for prodigious fecundity in antiquity.[2]
- ^ Pliny, Natural History, vii.39
- ^ Lindsay, Hugh (March 1995). "A Fertile Marriage: Agrippina and the Chronology of Her Children by Germanicus". Latomus. 54 (1). Société d'Études Latines de Bruxelles: 4. JSTOR 41537200. Retrieved 2021-05-12 – via JSTOR.