births

Salonia Matidia, Roman daughter of Ulpia Marciana (died 119)

AD 68

Calendar year

AD 68 (LXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silius Italicus and Trachalus, or the start of the Year of the Four Emperors. The denomination AD 68 for this year has been used since the early…
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Salonia Matidia

Niece of Roman emperor Trajan (68-119)

Salonia Matidia was the daughter and only child of Ulpia Marciana and wealthy praetor Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus. Her maternal uncle was the Roman emperor Trajan. Trajan had no children and treated her like his daughter. Her father died in 78 and Matidia went with her…
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Ulpia Marciana

Elder sister of the Roman Emperor Trajan (48-112)

Ulpia Marciana was the beloved elder sister of Roman Emperor Trajan and grandmother of empress Vibia Sabina the wife of Hadrian. Upon her death, her brother had her deified.
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July 4

Day of the year

July 4 is the 185th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 180 days remain until the end of the year.
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