Galeria Fundana
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Galeria Fundana was a Roman Empress, the second wife of Emperor Vitellius.
[edit] Life
Galeria was daughter of an ex-praetor. She bore two children to her husband, a son and a daughter.[1] Tacitus, who writes unfavourably about Vitellius, claims that Galeria a woman of "exemplary virtue" who "took no part in these horrors."[2]
Her son, Vitellius who was renamed Germanicus by his father in 69, was killed during the Flavian Revolt, together with Vitellius himself. Galeria's life was spared and she was allowed to bury her husband. Her daughter, Vitellia was helped by the generous Vespasian to make a good marriage.
[edit] References
- ^ Roman Emperors DIR Vitellius
- ^ The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Histories (Vol I), by Tacitus, translated by W. Hamilton Fyfe
| Preceded by Statilia Messalina |
Empress of Rome 69 |
Succeeded by Domitia Longina |
