Life
Marcia Furnilla was born and raised in Rome. She married Titus, widowed from his first marriage, in 63. The marriage between Titus and Furnilla was an arranged one.
This marriage for Titus was an influential one and promoted his political career. Suetonius describes Furnilla as a ‘very well-connected’ woman. On September 17, 64, Furnilla bore Titus a daughter, Flavia Julia Titi or Julia Flavia in Rome.
Like Titus’ first marriage, this marriage was short. Furnilla’s family was connected to the opponents of Roman Emperor Nero. In 65 after the failure of the Pisonian conspiracy, Furnilla’s family was disfavored by Nero. Titus considered he didn’t want to be connected with any potential plotters and ended his marriage to Furnilla. Titus and Furnilla divorced and Titus raised their daughter. The fate afterwards of Furnilla is unknown.
When Furnilla died, she was placed along with her mother in the mausoleum of Gaius Sulpicius Platorinus and his sister Sulpicia Platorina in Rome. Gaius Sulpicius Platorinus was a magistrate at the time of the first Roman Emperor Augustus.
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