Rupilia

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Rupilia was the name of two Roman woman. They were sisters and daughters to Salonina Matidia from her second marriage to Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilio Frugi or Bonus consul of 88, who died in 101.

Their father was a man of consular rank who descended from Roman Republican nobility. Their mother was a niece to Roman Emperor Trajan. Their elder half-sisters were Vibia Matidia Minor and Roman Empress Vibia Sabina. The sisters lived and were raised as apart of the household of Trajan and his wife Pompeia Plotina. Roman Emperor Hadrian was their brother-in-law and third cousin. Not much is known on the sisters.

[edit] Rupilia Faustina

Rupilia Faustina (about 87-before 138), was the first daughter. Faustina married Marcus Annius Verus. Verus was a prefect in Rome and served as consul three times. Their children were:

• Annia Galeria Faustina or Faustina the Elder, a future Roman Empress who married future Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.
• Marcus Annius Libo, a future consul.
• Marcus Annius Verus, a praetor who married Domitia Lucilla and became father to future Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his sister Annia Cornificia Faustina.

[edit] Rupilia Annia

Rupilia Annia was the second daughter. Her birth and death date is unknown. She married Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus, a man of consular rank. Aelianus was consul in 116.

[edit] Sources:

• Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
• Rodgers,N.,The History and Conquests of Ancient Rome,Hermes House,2005.
• http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Marcus_Aurelius/1*.html
• http://www.fofweb.com/Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AGRW0207