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Salonia Matidia (4 July 68 – 23 December 119) was the daughter and only child of Ulpia Marciana and wealthy praetor Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus. Her maternal uncle was the Roman emperor Trajan .
Apr 30, 2022 · Salonina Matidia (4 July 68 – 23 December 119) was the daughter and only child of Ulpia Marciana and wealthy praetor Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus. Her maternal uncle was the Roman Emperor Trajan.
Dec 23, 2019 · In December of the year 119, Hadrian faced a personal tragedy. He said farewell to his beloved mother-in-law, Salonia Matidia, who passed away in her early 50s. Immediately after her death, Hadrian granted her extravagant honours. He arranged for her deification, delivered a speech in her honour, turned the commemoration of her passing into a…
Dec 21, 2018 · A Roman portrait of Salonia Matidia (d. 119 CE), niece of Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE). (Vatican Museums, Rome)
Salonia Matidia Augusta, niece of the emperor *Trajan, was daughter of the emperor's sister *Ulpia Marciana and of C. Salonius Matidius Patruinus, a senator from Vicetia.
The Temple of Matidia was a Roman temple on the Campus Martius in ancient Rome dedicated to Salonia Matidia, who was deified after her death in 119 by her son-in-law Hadrian. He began construction immediately after her deification, choosing a site near the Pantheon and the Saepta Julia, both of which he restored or rebuilt.
This is a copy of the portrait of Salonia Matidia (AD 68-119) depicted as the Muse of Tragedy. The style of the fringe, visible under the large wig, corresponds to the Hadrianic period. The Roman original of which it is a copy was found around 1735 at Hadrian’s Villa together with the herm of Comedy (E000883).
