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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."
155:. 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 227: 169:, and her value as a bride was restored; she married twice more. When Tiberius charged Sextus for criticizing the morals of his great-nephew, 417: 173:, he excluded Sextus from his company. By the time Sextus committed suicide in 32, Vervaet notes "he had long outlived his utility." 281: 427: 422: 432: 239: 216: 204: 54: 50: 312: 246: 64: 250:, born between 4 BC and AD 1, Roman general and suffect consul in 39, who was the father to Roman Empress 234: 193: 126: 60: 291: 276: 103:
was more impressed by the fact most of her pregnancies were remarkably brief. Five of her sons became
148: 286: 412: 17: 258: 140: 108: 78: 68: 262:, born AD 5, the most famous, who became a Roman Empress and fourth wife to Roman Emperor 251: 165: 116: 100: 83: 209: 123:. Due to her fertility Vistilia became a byword for prodigious fecundity in antiquity. 406: 96: 104: 99:
known by her contemporaries for having seven children by six different husbands;
328:"A Fertile Marriage: Agrippina and the Chronology of Her Children by Germanicus" 182: 197: 263: 170: 152: 120: 112: 372: 327: 144: 389: 130:
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.
373:"A Note on Syme's Chronology of Vistilla's Children" 74: 44: 36: 29: 147:, who was a close friend to the Roman General 338:(1). Société d'Études Latines de Bruxelles: 4 111:became Roman empress through her marriage to 8: 367: 365: 228:Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus 26: 119:became empress through her marriage with 303: 151:, the younger brother to Roman Emperor 220:, born c. 12 BC, suffect consul in 41; 196:, ordinary consul during the reign of 7: 163:But then Sextus was admitted to the 40:progenitor of several notable Romans 25: 282:Plautia (mother of Aelius Caesar) 208:, born c. 14 BC, tragedian and 192:, born c. 15 BC, the father of 1: 18:Vistilia (mother of Caesonia) 326:Lindsay, Hugh (March 1995). 230:, ordinary consul in 51; and 226:, born c. 11 BC, father of 449: 418:1st-century BC Roman women 240:Marcus Suillius Nerullinus 217:Quintus Pomponius Secundus 205:Publius Pomponius Secundus 95:was a Roman matron of the 55:Quintus Pomponius Secundus 51:Publius Pomponius Secundus 139:Her brother was probably 394:Journal of Roman Studies 242:, ordinary consul in 50; 115:, and her granddaughter 428:1st-century Roman women 396:, 60 (1970), p. 31 379:, 30 (2000), p. 99 247:Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo 65:Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo 235:Publius Suillius Rufus 194:Publius Glitius Gallus 131: 61:Publius Suillius Rufus 423:1st-century BC Romans 292:Women in ancient Rome 277:Vistilia (prostitute) 129: 149:Nero Claudius Drusus 287:List of Roman women 433:1st-century Romans 390:"Domitius Corbulo" 345:– via JSTOR. 132: 157:clarissimi mariti 90: 89: 16:(Redirected from 440: 397: 386: 380: 369: 360: 353: 347: 346: 344: 343: 323: 317: 308: 259:Milonia Caesonia 141:Sextus Vistilius 109:Milonia Caesonia 79:Sextus Vistilius 69:Milonia Caesonia 27: 21: 448: 447: 443: 442: 441: 439: 438: 437: 403: 402: 401: 400: 387: 383: 377:Ancient Society 370: 363: 354: 350: 341: 339: 325: 324: 320: 313:Natural History 309: 305: 300: 273: 252:Domitia Longina 179: 166:cohors amicorum 137: 117:Domitia Longina 107:, her daughter 101:Pliny the Elder 86:(granddaughter) 84:Domitia Longina 82: 67: 63: 59: 57: 53: 49: 32: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 446: 444: 436: 435: 430: 425: 420: 415: 405: 404: 399: 398: 381: 361: 348: 318: 302: 301: 299: 296: 295: 294: 289: 284: 279: 272: 269: 268: 267: 255: 243: 231: 221: 213: 210:suffect consul 201: 178: 175: 136: 133: 88: 87: 76: 72: 71: 46: 42: 41: 38: 37:Known for 34: 33: 30: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 445: 434: 431: 429: 426: 424: 421: 419: 416: 414: 411: 410: 408: 395: 391: 385: 382: 378: 374: 368: 366: 362: 358: 352: 349: 337: 333: 329: 322: 319: 315: 314: 307: 304: 297: 293: 290: 288: 285: 283: 280: 278: 275: 274: 270: 265: 261: 260: 256: 253: 249: 248: 244: 241: 237: 236: 232: 229: 225: 222: 219: 218: 214: 211: 207: 206: 202: 199: 195: 191: 188: 187: 186: 184: 176: 174: 172: 168: 167: 161: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 134: 128: 124: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 97:gens Vistilia 94: 85: 80: 77: 73: 70: 66: 62: 56: 52: 47: 43: 39: 35: 28: 19: 393: 384: 376: 356: 351: 340:. Retrieved 335: 331: 321: 311: 306: 257: 245: 233: 223: 215: 203: 189: 180: 164: 162: 156: 138: 92: 91: 143:, a former 407:Categories 342:2021-05-12 298:References 371:Vervaet, 355:Tacitus, 198:Vespasian 135:Biography 81:(brother) 75:Relatives 413:Vistilii 359:, vi.9.2 316:, vii.39 271:See also 264:Caligula 171:Caligula 153:Tiberius 121:Domitian 113:Caligula 93:Vistilia 45:Children 31:Vistilia 357:Annales 332:Latomus 310:Pliny, 224:Orfitus 190:Glitius 145:praetor 105:consuls 58:Orfitus 48:Glitius 388:Syme, 212:in 44; 254:; and 177:Issue 183:Syme 409:: 392:, 375:, 364:^ 336:54 334:. 330:. 266:. 200:; 20:)

Index

Vistilia (mother of Caesonia)
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

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