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Calvisia Domitia Lucilla (also known as Domitia Lucilla Minor and Domitia Calvilla, d. 155–161), was a noble Roman woman who lived in the 2nd century. She is best known as the mother of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Jun 12, 2015 · In the Ashmolean Museum’s collection of brick stamps from Portus, the main harbour of Rome, the name of one particular imperial woman is a common sight. Domitia Lucilla Minor, the wife of Marcus Annius Verus and mother of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was the owner of huge clay-fields and a major player in the brick business.
Domitia LucillaRoman noblewoman. Married M. Annius Verus; children: Marcus Aurelius; Annia Cornificia (who married C. Ummidius Quadratus). Source for information on Domitia Lucilla: Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia dictionary.
May 12, 2019 · Domitia Lucilla was a wealthy and cultured Roman noblewoman, the daughter of the statesman Calvisius Tullus, who had served twice as consul. She died while Marcus was Caesar, before having a ...
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Feb 16, 2020 · Fatherless since childhood, Marcus Aurelius was raised by his wealthy single mother, Domitia Lucilla. In 139, she hired Fronto — an African immigrant to Rome who described himself as “a Libyan of the Libyan nomads,” by then one of the era’s preeminent orators — to teach her eighteen-year-old son the art of rhetoric in preparation for ...
Portrait of Domitia Lucilla, on a modern bust - Roman art. Roman art. This head depicts an adult woman with clearly defined features, almond-shaped eyes with incised irises, small, closed lips and elaborately styled hair. Above her forehead, her lightly incised wavy locks are parted in the middle and held by a thin hairband.
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Parallel lives: Domitia Lucilla and Cratia, Fronto and Marcus. Amy Richlin. 2011, Eugesta. Studies the quadrilateral homosocial/homoerotic relationships between Cornelius Fronto, his student Marcus Aurelius, Marcus's mother Domitia Lucilla, and Fronto's wife Cratia, through Fronto's letter-book.
