In 2017, a Latin dedication to Trajan, Ulpia Marciana and, probably, Pompeia Plotina was found in Perge. The inscription is dated to the emperor’s fourth consulship (January 101-autumn 102 AD) and provides a clear terminus post quem for the conferring of the title Augusta on the two women. It has also been used as starting point for a wider investigation of the key role played by Trajan’s sister, from the beginning of his principate, in the definition of a collateral line of succession through female members of the imperial house; this research is based on epigraphic, numismatic and literary sources.
Il ruolo di Ulpia Marciana nella politica dinastica traianea: riflessioni a margine di un recente rinvenimento epigrafico da Perge / Mongardi, Manuela. - In: EPIGRAPHICA. - ISSN 0013-9572. - STAMPA. - 84:(2022), pp. 287-304.
Il ruolo di Ulpia Marciana nella politica dinastica traianea: riflessioni a margine di un recente rinvenimento epigrafico da Perge
Mongardi, Manuela
2022
Abstract
In 2017, a Latin dedication to Trajan, Ulpia Marciana and, probably, Pompeia Plotina was found in Perge. The inscription is dated to the emperor’s fourth consulship (January 101-autumn 102 AD) and provides a clear terminus post quem for the conferring of the title Augusta on the two women. It has also been used as starting point for a wider investigation of the key role played by Trajan’s sister, from the beginning of his principate, in the definition of a collateral line of succession through female members of the imperial house; this research is based on epigraphic, numismatic and literary sources.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.