Volusia Saturnina

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Volusia Saturnina also known from her funeral inscription as Volusia Latina Saturnina[1] was a Roman noble woman that lived in the Roman Empire in the second half of the 1st century BC and first half of the first century.

Family Background

Saturnina came from an ancient and distinguished Senatorial family, that never rose above the Praetorship[2] which was of eques status.[3]

She was the daughter of the prefect, Quintus Volusius from his wife Claudia. Her father served under Cicero in 51 BC to 50 BC in Cilicia[4] and was a pupil of his in oratory.[5] Claudia was a daughter of Pompey’s officer Drusus Claudius Nero and a sister of praetor, Tiberius Claudius Nero,[6] as Saturnina was a first cousin to Roman emperor Tiberius and his brother, the General Nero Claudius Drusus.[7] Her brother was the consul Lucius Volusius Saturninus.[8][9] She was born and raised in Rome.

Marriage & Issue

Saturnina married the suffect consul Marcus Lollius[10][11] from the plebeian gens Lollia.[12][13] He was the son born to the Roman Politician and Military Officer Marcus Lollius[14] from his wife Valeria.[15] Valeria was one of the daughters of the literary patron, consul Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus and a sister to the Roman Senators Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus and Marcus Aurelius Cotta Maximus Messalinus.[16]

Through Saturnina, Lollius was the father of two daughters:[17][18]

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