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before 10 BC." But when Drusus died of a fall from his horse in 9 BC, "marriage to Vistilia, from a praetorian family, suddenly became a lot less interesting for ambitious and high-ranking senators descending from noble families."
144:. In the opinion of Frederik Juliaan Vervaet, this made Vistilia "an extremely valuable bride, whose connections offered her husbands and their joint children fantastic prospects. Four marriages, three 216: 158:, and her value as a bride was restored; she married twice more. When Tiberius charged Sextus for criticizing the morals of his great-nephew, 406: 162:, he excluded Sextus from his company. By the time Sextus committed suicide in 32, Vervaet notes "he had long outlived his utility." 270: 416: 411: 421: 228: 205: 193: 43: 39: 301: 235: 53: 239:, born between 4 BC and AD 1, Roman general and suffect consul in 39, who was the father to Roman Empress 223: 182: 115: 49: 280: 265: 92:
was more impressed by the fact most of her pregnancies were remarkably brief. Five of her sons became
137: 275: 401: 247: 129: 97: 67: 57: 251:, born AD 5, the most famous, who became a Roman Empress and fourth wife to Roman Emperor 240: 154: 105: 89: 72: 198: 112:. Due to her fertility Vistilia became a byword for prodigious fecundity in antiquity. 395: 85: 93: 88:
known by her contemporaries for having seven children by six different husbands;
317:"A Fertile Marriage: Agrippina and the Chronology of Her Children by Germanicus" 171: 186: 252: 159: 141: 109: 101: 361: 316: 133: 378: 119:
A multigenerational banquet depicted on a wall painting 1st century AD
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identifies the children as follows, with his dates of birth:
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Vistilia was married six times and had seven children.
362:"A Note on Syme's Chronology of Vistilla's Children" 63: 33: 25: 18: 136:, who was a close friend to the Roman General 327:(1). Société d'Études Latines de Bruxelles: 4 100:became Roman empress through her marriage to 8: 356: 354: 217:Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus 15: 108:became empress through her marriage with 292: 140:, the younger brother to Roman Emperor 209:, born c. 12 BC, suffect consul in 41; 185:, ordinary consul during the reign of 7: 152:But then Sextus was admitted to the 29:progenitor of several notable Romans 14: 271:Plautia (mother of Aelius Caesar) 197:, born c. 14 BC, tragedian and 181:, born c. 15 BC, the father of 1: 315:Lindsay, Hugh (March 1995). 219:, ordinary consul in 51; and 215:, born c. 11 BC, father of 438: 407:1st-century BC Roman women 229:Marcus Suillius Nerullinus 206:Quintus Pomponius Secundus 194:Publius Pomponius Secundus 84:was a Roman matron of the 44:Quintus Pomponius Secundus 40:Publius Pomponius Secundus 128:Her brother was probably 383:Journal of Roman Studies 231:, ordinary consul in 50; 104:, and her granddaughter 417:1st-century Roman women 385:, 60 (1970), p. 31 368:, 30 (2000), p. 99 236:Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo 54:Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo 224:Publius Suillius Rufus 183:Publius Glitius Gallus 120: 50:Publius Suillius Rufus 412:1st-century BC Romans 281:Women in ancient Rome 266:Vistilia (prostitute) 118: 138:Nero Claudius Drusus 276:List of Roman women 422:1st-century Romans 379:"Domitius Corbulo" 334:– via JSTOR. 121: 146:clarissimi mariti 79: 78: 429: 386: 375: 369: 358: 349: 342: 336: 335: 333: 332: 312: 306: 297: 248:Milonia Caesonia 130:Sextus Vistilius 98:Milonia Caesonia 68:Sextus Vistilius 58:Milonia Caesonia 16: 437: 436: 432: 431: 430: 428: 427: 426: 392: 391: 390: 389: 376: 372: 366:Ancient Society 359: 352: 343: 339: 330: 328: 314: 313: 309: 302:Natural History 298: 294: 289: 262: 241:Domitia Longina 168: 155:cohors amicorum 126: 106:Domitia Longina 96:, her daughter 90:Pliny the Elder 75:(granddaughter) 73:Domitia Longina 71: 56: 52: 48: 46: 42: 38: 21: 12: 11: 5: 435: 433: 425: 424: 419: 414: 409: 404: 394: 393: 388: 387: 370: 350: 337: 307: 291: 290: 288: 285: 284: 283: 278: 273: 268: 261: 258: 257: 256: 244: 232: 220: 210: 202: 199:suffect consul 190: 167: 164: 125: 122: 77: 76: 65: 61: 60: 35: 31: 30: 27: 26:Known for 23: 22: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 434: 423: 420: 418: 415: 413: 410: 408: 405: 403: 400: 399: 397: 384: 380: 374: 371: 367: 363: 357: 355: 351: 347: 341: 338: 326: 322: 318: 311: 308: 304: 303: 296: 293: 286: 282: 279: 277: 274: 272: 269: 267: 264: 263: 259: 254: 250: 249: 245: 242: 238: 237: 233: 230: 226: 225: 221: 218: 214: 211: 208: 207: 203: 200: 196: 195: 191: 188: 184: 180: 177: 176: 175: 173: 165: 163: 161: 157: 156: 150: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 123: 117: 113: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 86:gens Vistilia 83: 74: 69: 66: 62: 59: 55: 51: 45: 41: 36: 32: 28: 24: 17: 382: 373: 365: 345: 340: 329:. Retrieved 324: 320: 310: 300: 295: 246: 234: 222: 212: 204: 192: 178: 169: 153: 151: 145: 127: 81: 80: 132:, a former 396:Categories 331:2021-05-12 287:References 360:Vervaet, 344:Tacitus, 187:Vespasian 124:Biography 70:(brother) 64:Relatives 402:Vistilii 348:, vi.9.2 305:, vii.39 260:See also 253:Caligula 160:Caligula 142:Tiberius 110:Domitian 102:Caligula 82:Vistilia 34:Children 20:Vistilia 346:Annales 321:Latomus 299:Pliny, 213:Orfitus 179:Glitius 134:praetor 94:consuls 47:Orfitus 37:Glitius 377:Syme, 201:in 44; 243:; and 166:Issue 172:Syme 398:: 381:, 364:, 353:^ 325:54 323:. 319:. 255:. 189:;

Index

Publius Pomponius Secundus
Quintus Pomponius Secundus
Publius Suillius Rufus
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
Milonia Caesonia
Sextus Vistilius
Domitia Longina
gens Vistilia
Pliny the Elder
consuls
Milonia Caesonia
Caligula
Domitia Longina
Domitian

Sextus Vistilius
praetor
Nero Claudius Drusus
Tiberius
cohors amicorum
Caligula
Syme
Publius Glitius Gallus
Vespasian
Publius Pomponius Secundus
suffect consul
Quintus Pomponius Secundus
Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus
Publius Suillius Rufus
Marcus Suillius Nerullinus

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