764: Julia the Elder Daughter of Rome’s First Emperor Augustus Born: 30 October 39 BC, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: 14 AD, Rhegium, Roman Empire (Present-day Reggio Calabria, Italy) Also Known As: Julia Ceasaris filia or Julia Augusti filia Julia was his only biological child, and unfortunately her parents divorced when Julia was…
763: Julia Drusilla the Younger Caligula’s Daughter and Only Legitimate Child Born: 39 CE, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: 24 January 41 CE, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Julia was named after her aunt and Caligula’s favorite sister of the same name. Julia was assassinated alongside her parents because she was Caligula’s…
762: Calpurnia Wife of Julius Caesar Born: c.70 BC, Rome, Roman Republic (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: Unknown, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Full Name: Calpurnia Pisonis Though their wedding was for political purposes only at the outset, Calpurnia and Julius did grow to care for one another over time. It is believed Calpurnia and…
761: Valeria Messalina What is it With Romans and Their Family Connections? Born: c20-22 CE, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: 48 CE, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Also Known As: Messalina Valeria Also Spelled: Messallina Messalina was all of the following: the great- grandniece of Augustus, second cousin of Caligula, cousin of…
718: Manfreda Visconti da Pirovano Papess of Guglielma’s Feminized Christian Sect Birth Date Unknown, Most Likely Milan, Holy Roman Empire (Present-day Milan, Italy) Died: 1300 AD, Milan, Holy Roman Empire (Present-day Milan, Italy) Also Spelled: Maifreda Manfreda was supposed to ascend in 1300 after Easter in a new age of Holy Spiritual-ness but instead she…
716: Octavia the Younger Marc Antony’s Fourth Wife Born: c.69 BC, Nola, Roman Empire (Present-day Nola, Italy) Died: c.11 BC, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Also Known As: Octavia Minor Octavia was also Octavian (later known as Augustus)’s sister, Octavia Major’s half-sister, and the great grandmother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger. Oh, she…
712: Guglielma of Milan Preached a Feminized Version of Christianity Born: c.1210 AD, Kingdom of Bohemia (Present-day Czech Republic) OR Holy Roman Empire (Present-day Italy) Died: c. 1279 AD Milan, Holy Roman Empire (Present-day Milan, Italy) Guglielma also predicted the end of time and her own resurrection as the Holy Spirit Incarnate which made her…
668: Faustina the Younger Empress of Rome Born: c.130 AD, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: c.175 AD, Halala (later Faustinopolis), Roman Empire (Present-day Cappadocia, Turkey) Full Name: Annia Galeria Faustina Minor She was the cousin and wife of Marcus Aurelius and the daughter of Emperor Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder. Faustina and…
666: Lucilla Empress of Rome Born: c.149, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: c.181, Capri, Roman Empire (Present-day Capri, Italy) Full Name: Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla Lucilla was Emperor Commodus’s Elder Sister. She was also the daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger, and the wife of Lucius Verus. In 161, Marcus Aurelius…
634: Saint Eulalia 13-Year-Old Martyred During the Reign of Diocletian Born: c.290, Present-day Merida OR Barcelona, Spain Died: c.304, Present-day Merida OR Barcelona, Spain Feast Day: December 10th Today Eulalia of Merida is the Patron Saint of runaways, torture victims, and widows. Eulalia of Barcelona is one of the two patron saints of the city…