Bust of Plotina, exhibited in the Vatican Museums.
Roman empress
Tenure
98 – 117
Born
Tejada la Vieja, Hispania or Nemausus, Gaul
Died
121/122
Spouse
Trajan
Regnal name
Pompeia Plotina Augusta
Dynasty
Nerva–Antonine
Father
Lucius Pompeius
Pompeia Plotina (died 121/122) was Roman empress from 98 to 117 as the wife of Trajan. She was renowned for her interest in philosophy, and her virtue, dignity and simplicity. She was particularly devoted to the Epicurean philosophical school in Athens, Greece.[1] She is often viewed as having provided Romans with fairer taxation, improved education, assisted the poor, and created tolerance in Roman society.
^Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spawforth-E.A. (edd.), Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 1214.
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