- Ummidia Quadratilla
Ummidia Quadratilla, was a wealthy Roman lady, who died in the reign of
Trajan within a little of eighty years of age, leaving two-thirds ("ex besse ") of her fortune to her grandson and the other third to her granddaughter (Pliny "Ep." vii. 24). Her grandson Quadratus was an intimate friend ofPliny the Younger , who praises her for fostering Quadratus' studies while keeping him untouched by her own luxurious lifestyle.Quadratilla was probably a sister of
Ummidius Caius Quadratus , the governor ofSyria , who died in 60, and appears to be the same as the Quadratilla mentioned in the following inscription, discovered at Casinum inCampania : "Ummidia CF Quadratilla amphiheatrum et templum Casinatibus sua pecunia fecit." (Orelli, "Inscr." No. 781.) It seems that the Ummidii came originally fromCasinum . (Ummidiagens .)----
External links
* [http://www.vroma.org/~hwalker/Pliny/Pliny07-24-E.html Pliny "Ep." vii. 24 (English)]
* [http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/pliny.ep7.html Pliny "Ep." Book vii (Latin)]
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