Licinia


Licinia is the name used by ancient Roman women of the gens Licinia, including

Known individuals

Daughter of Gaius Licinius Varus

Licinia was the daughter of Gaius Licinius Varus and the sister of Publius Licinius Crassus and Gaius Licinius Crassus. She married Publius Mucius Scaevola and bore him at least two sons Publius Mucius Scaevola and Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus. The younger son was adopted by her elder brother as his heir. Both sons were well-educated and both became Pontifex Maximus successively.

Wife of Claudius Asellus

Licinia, a woman killed by her relatives in 153 BC for allegedly murdering her husband Claudius Asellus; another woman similarly accused was Publicia, wife of the consul Lucius Postumius Albinus. Both women assigned real estate as bail to the urban praetor, but were killed by their relatives before coming to trial.

Daughters of Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus

Two daughters of Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus by his wife Claudia, sister of Appius Claudius Pulcher:
Two daughters of Lucius Licinius Crassus and his wife Laelia Minor, herself a daughter of Gaius Laelius Sapiens. Both sisters and their mother were known for their pure Latin.
Licinia Crassa, noted for her beauty; the wife firstly of Quintus Mucius Scaevola, a future consul and Pontifex Maximus, who became notorious for her adultery with another consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos. Metellus Nepos divorced his wife to marry Licinia a week later, after she had been divorced by her husband and thus disgraced in Roman society. The couple later had two sons, both of them consuls. By her first husband, she was also mother of Mucia Tertia, triumvir Pompey's third wife.

Daughter of Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives

Licinia was a daughter of the consul in 14 BC and governor Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives and sister of Roman Senator Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi. She married Lucius Calpurnius Piso who became consul in 27 and was the mother of Gaius Calpurnius Piso, the leader of the Pisonian Conspiracy in 65.

Daughter of Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi

Licinia Magna, daughter of the consul Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi and Scribonia. She married the Roman Senator Lucius Calpurnius Piso, who served as one of the consuls in 57. Piso was later killed by Roman emperor Vespasian as an enemy of the emperor. Licinia and Piso had a daughter called Calpurnia who married Calpurnius Piso Galerianus son of Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Calpurnius Piso Galerianus was executed in 70 for opposing Vespasian. Licinia died at some date between 70 and 80 as her grave altar is dated from this period, which was found on the grounds of Villa Bonaparte near the Porta Salaria. The land may have been part of the family’s suburban estates and her grave altar is on display at the Vatican Museums. Licinia may have had another sister called Licinia.

Daughter of Theodosius II

Licinia Eudoxia, a Roman Empress, who was only daughter of Eastern Emperor Theodosius II and wife of the Western Emperors Valentinian III and Petronius Maximus.

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