Distinguished Women of The Roman Empire
- Claudia Metrodora (1st century AD), Greco-Roman public benefactor, lived on Kos
- Lucilla, (2nd century AD) Roman Empress, failed in her coup attempt on brother Commodus
- Aquilia Severa (3rd century), Vestal Virgin and wife of Elagabalus
- Clodia (1st century BC), Catullus's Lesbia
- Domitia Decidiana - wife of Roman General Gnaeus Julius Agricola and mother-in-law to historian Tacitus.
- Galla Placidia, (5th century)
- Julia Domna (3rd century AD), wife of Septimius Severus
- Julia Maesa (3rd century), grandmother of Elagabalus and Alexander Severus
- Pomponia Graecina, possibly the saint Lucina, a descendant of Vipsania (above)
- Saint Procula wife of Pontius Pilate
- Servilia Caepionis, mother of Brutus and lover of Julius Caesar
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