Ceionia Plautia (flourished 2nd century) was a Roman noblewoman and is among the lesser known members of the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediter ...

Life

Plautia was the second daughter born to

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Lucius Aelius Lucius Aelius Caesar (13 January 101 – 1 January 138) was the father of Emperor Lucius Verus. In 136, he was adopted by Hadrian and named heir to the throne. He died before Hadrian and thus never became emperor. After Lucius' death, he was ...

Caesar, the first adopted heir of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138) and Avidia. Plautia was born and raised in

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. Her

cognomen A ''cognomen'' (; plural ''cognomina''; from ''con-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became here ...

''Plautia'', she inherited from her mother and her grandmothers. She had three siblings: a sister called

Ceionia Fabia Ceionia Fabia (flourished 2nd century) was a noble Roman woman and a member of the ruling Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire. Life Fabia was the first-born daughter to Lucius Aelius and Avidia. In 136, her father was adopted by Hadria ...

; two brothers the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus who co-ruled with

Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: áːɾkus̠ auɾέːli.us̠ antɔ́ːni.us̠ English: ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good ...

from 161 to 169 and Gaius Avidius Ceionius Commodus. Her maternal grandparents were the Roman Senator

Gaius Avidius Nigrinus Gaius Avidius Nigrinus (died 118 AD) was a Roman senator who lived between the 1st and 2nd centuries. Nigrinus served as suffect consul for the '' nundinium'' of April to June 110 with Tiberius Julius Aquila Polemaeanus as his colleague. Ances ...

and the surmised but undocumented noblewoman Plautia. Although her adoptive paternal grandparents were the Roman Emperor Hadrian and Roman Empress

Vibia Sabina Vibia Sabina (13 August 83–136/137) was a Roman Empress, wife and second cousin once removed to the Roman Emperor Hadrian. She was the daughter of Matidia (niece of Roman Emperor Trajan) and suffect consul Lucius Vibius Sabinus. Early li ...

, her biological paternal grandparents were the consul Lucius Ceionius Commodus and noblewoman Plautia. Plautia married Quintus Servilius Pudens, consul in 166. Plautia bore Pudens a daughter called Servilia, who married Junius Licinius Balbus, a man of consular rank. Servilia and Balbus had a son called

Junius Licinius Balbus Junius Licinius Balbus (ca. 180 - after 238) was a Roman Senator who served as a Suffect Consul. Family He is known for being the husband of Antonia Gordiana, daughter of Gordian I and sister of Gordian II, and being the father of the Roman emp ...

. {{Nerva-Antonine family tree, state=collapsed

Sources

* Alan K. Bowman, Peter Garnsey, Dominic Rathbone, ''The Cambridge ancient history'', Volume 11 Second Edition. 2000 * Anthony Richard Birley, ''Marcus Aurelius''. London: Routledge, 2000. * Guido Migliorati, ''Cassio Dione e l'impero romano da Nerva ad Antonino Pio: alla luce dei nuovi''., 2003. * C. Konrad, ''Plutarch's Sertorius: A Historical Commentary''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. Nerva–Antonine dynasty Plautia Ceionia 2nd-century Romans 2nd-century Roman women