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Domitia Lucilla,
Lucilla or
Domitia Calvilla (? - Died between
155-
161) was a noble Roman woman who lived in the
2nd century.
Domitia was a daughter of Tullus Domitius Calvisius and Catilia, the daughter of Lucius Catilius Severus, twice consul and city prefect. She was a niece to Lucanus Domitius. Her father served as a consul in
109 and the date of the second consulship is unknown.
Her father and paternal uncle owned a tile and brick factory near
Rome and was close to the river
Tiber. The factory provided bricks to Rome’s most famous monuments including the
Colosseum,
Pantheon and the Market of Trajan. The factory sold bricks to
France,
Spain,
North Africa and all over the Mediterranean.
Lucilla married Marcus Annius Verus, a
praetor, who came from a wealthy senatorial family. Verus’ sister
Faustina the Elder was a Roman Empress and married the Roman Emperor
Antoninus Pius. Verus was a nephew to Roman Empress
Vibia Sabina and his maternal grandmother was
Salonina Matidia (niece of Roman Emperor
Trajan).
With Verus, they'd two children, a son, the future Roman Emperor
Marcus Aurelius (
26 April 121) and a daughter
Annia Cornificia Faustina (
123-
152). In
124, her husband died. Her children were raised by herself and they were adopted by her father-in-law. Marcus Aurelius would later inherit the tile and brick factory.
In Lucilla’s household, the future Roman Emperor
Didius Julianus was educated there and through her support he was able to start his legal career. Domitia Lucilla was a lady of considerable wealth and influence. In the
Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius he describes her as a ‘pious and generous’ person, who lived a simple life (1.3n). She spent her final years living with her son in Rome.
Roman Coinage of her can be seen at,
(External Link
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