Vistilia

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Vistilia was a Roman woman who lived in the first century and came from a family that held the praetorship. Her brother was probably Sextus Vistilius, a former praetor, who was a former close friend to late Roman General Nero Claudius Drusus. Nero Claudius Drusus was the younger brother to Roman Emperor Tiberius. In 32 AD, Tiberius charged him for criticizing the morals of his great-nephew, Caligula. For this, Tiberius excluded Sextus from his company. Sextus committed suicide in 32 AD.

Vistilia was a public prostitute who would advertise her services to the aediles of Rome. In 19 AD, the Roman Senate passed a law that no Roman woman was allowed to committ immorality. According to Ancient Roman Law, prostitution was seen as immoral and was punishable.

Later that year, Vistilia was tried by the Roman Senate for immorality. Her husband Titidius Labeo, didn’t want to enforce the statutory penalty because he stated the consultation period (which was 60 day) didn’t expire. Vistilia was found guilty of prostitution, by the Roman Senate and she was deported to the Greek Island of Seriphos.

Prior to her deportation, Vistilia was married six times. We know at least two of her children. Milonia Caesonia became a Roman Empress and fourth to Roman Emperor Caligula and Caesonia’s younger half-brother Roman General and Consul Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, who was the father to Roman Empress Domitia Longina.

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