Domitia Corbula

Domitia Corbula was a Roman noble woman born in 47 AD. She was the eldest daughter to Roman Consul and General Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and Cassia Longina. Her younger sister was Domitia Longina, a future Roman Empress who would marry Emperor Domitian. Her paternal aunt was Caligula's fourth wife Milonia Caesonia.

She married in 63, to Lucius Julius Africanus Minor. Lucius was the son of the influential orator Lucius Julius Africanus Major and Salvia (sister of Otho). This was an uncommon marriage in Rome, because they were in love with each other before they married. Lucius' and Corbula's families were very influential, which provoked them to plot against Nero.

Lucius left to the Euphrates, shortly after they married. He acted as a military commander under his father-in-law, Corbulo. In 66, a conspiracy was revealded that involved both Lucius, Lucius' father, and Corbulo to overthrow the Roman Emperor Nero. When Nero found out about the plot, he called Lucius to Rome. Lucius was immediately executed without a trial. Corbulo faced the same fate a few months later.

Upon her husbands execution in 68, Corbula was left a pregnant widow. In February of 69, she gave birth to a son called Postumus. Corbula quickly remarried to Appius Julius Africanus, the brother of Lucius. This marriage was very happy, but did not produce any children. Corbula died on July 1, 71 AD, on what would have been her two year anniversary with Appius. Postumus was raised by his stepfather/uncle and rose to praetorship during the reign of Domitian.

Sources

• Tacitus - Annals of Imperial Rome
• Suetonius - The Twelve Caesars - Domitian
• http://www.maat.it/livello2-i/nerone-1-i.htm

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