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{{Short description|Roman empress, wife of emperor Pertinax}}
[[File:Flavia Titiana.jpg|200px|thumb|Flavia Titiana from ''[[Guillaume Rouillé|Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum]]'']]
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'''Flavia Titiana''' was a Roman empress, wife of emperor [[Pertinax]], who ruled briefly in 193 (known as "[[Year of the Five Emperors]]").
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'''Flavia Titiana''' was the wife of emperor [[Pertinax]], who ruled briefly in 193 during the [[Year of the Five Emperors]].


==Life==
==Life==
Flavia Titiana was the daughter of a [[Roman Senate|Senator]], [[Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus]], and sister of [[Titus Flavius Titianus]] (b. ''ca'' 165), [[Roman consul|Consul suffectus]] ''ca'' 200 who married Postumia Varia (b. ''ca'' 175). Her maternal grandfather was Titus Flavius Titianus (b. ''ca'' 95), who was [[Prefect|Praefectus]] of [[Aegyptus (Roman province)|Aegyptus]] between 126 and 133 and was believed to be a third son of [[Titus Flavius Clemens (consul)|Titus Flavius Clemens]] and wife [[Flavia Domitilla (saint)|Flavia Domitilla]].
Flavia Titiana was the daughter of [[Roman Senate|senator]] [[Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus]], and sister of [[Titus Flavius Titianus (consul)|Titus Flavius Titianus]] (b. 165), [[Roman consul|consul suffectus]] ''c.'' 200. Her maternal grandfather was [[Titus Flavius Titianus (prefectus 126)|Titus Flavius Titianus]], who was [[Prefect|praefectus]] of [[Roman Egypt|Egypt]] from 126 to 133. Titiana married Publius Helvius Pertinax, a wealthy [[self-made man]] who had a successful military and civil career. She bore two children, a boy named [[Publius Helvius Pertinax (son of emperor Pertinax)|Publius Helvius Pertinax]] and a [[Helvia (daughter of Pertinax)|daughter]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pertinax: The Son of a Slave Who Became Roman Emperor|last=Elliott|first=Simon|publisher=Greenhill Books|year=2020|isbn=9781784385262|pages=?}}</ref>


Pertinax was proclaimed emperor after the murder of [[Commodus]] on January 1, 193. While the new [[princeps]] was offering the customary sacrifice on the [[Capitoline Hill]], the [[Roman Senate]] gave Flavia Titiana the honorary title of ''[[List of Augustae|Augusta]]''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} After the murder of Pertinax by the [[Praetorian Guard]] on March 28, neither Flavia nor her children were hurt.
She married Publius Helvius Pertinax, a rich self-made man who had a successful military and civil career. She bore two children, a boy called Publius Helvius Pertinax and an unknown daughter.


The highly unreliable ''[[Historia Augusta]]'' claims that Flavia Titiana "carried on an amour quite openly with a man who sang to the lyre", but Pertinax was not concerned.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Pertinax*.html |title=Historia Augusta • Life of Pertinax |page=325 |publisher=[[Loeb Classical Library]] |year=1921 |via=[[Uchicago.edu]]}}</ref>
Pertinax was proclaimed emperor after the murder of [[Commodus]] on January 1, 193. While the new [[princeps]] was offering the customary sacrifice on the [[Capitoline Hill]], the [[Roman Senate]] gave Flavia Titiana the honorary title of ''[[Augusta (honorific)|Augusta]]''. After the murder of Pertinax by the [[Praetorian Guard]] on March 28, neither Flavia nor her children were hurt.


==See also==
The highly unreliable ''[[Historia Augusta]]'' claims that Flavia Titiana "carried on an amour quite openly with a man who sang to the lyre", but Pertinax was not concerned.<ref>[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Pertinax*.html Historia Augusta • Life of Pertinax<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[List of Roman and Byzantine empresses]]


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Latest revision as of 21:41, 21 August 2023

Flavia Titiana
Augusta
Roman empress
TenureThree months in 193
SpousePertinax
Issue
  • Publius Helvius Pertinax
  • Helvia
Names
Flavia Titiana Minor
Regnal name
Flavia Titiana Augusta
FatherTitus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus
MotherFlavia Titiana Major

Flavia Titiana was the wife of emperor Pertinax, who ruled briefly in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors.

Life

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Flavia Titiana was the daughter of senator Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus, and sister of Titus Flavius Titianus (b. 165), consul suffectus c. 200. Her maternal grandfather was Titus Flavius Titianus, who was praefectus of Egypt from 126 to 133. Titiana married Publius Helvius Pertinax, a wealthy self-made man who had a successful military and civil career. She bore two children, a boy named Publius Helvius Pertinax and a daughter.[1]

Pertinax was proclaimed emperor after the murder of Commodus on January 1, 193. While the new princeps was offering the customary sacrifice on the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Senate gave Flavia Titiana the honorary title of Augusta.[citation needed] After the murder of Pertinax by the Praetorian Guard on March 28, neither Flavia nor her children were hurt.

The highly unreliable Historia Augusta claims that Flavia Titiana "carried on an amour quite openly with a man who sang to the lyre", but Pertinax was not concerned.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Elliott, Simon (2020). Pertinax: The Son of a Slave Who Became Roman Emperor. Greenhill Books. pp. ?. ISBN 9781784385262.
  2. ^ Historia Augusta • Life of Pertinax. Loeb Classical Library. 1921. p. 325 – via Uchicago.edu.
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Royal titles
Preceded by Empress of Rome
193
Succeeded by