Volusia Saturnina also known from her funeral inscription as Volusia Latina Saturnina was a Roman noble woman who lived in the

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in the second half of the 1st century BC and first half of the first century AD.

Family background

Saturnina came from an ancient and distinguished Senatorial family, that never rose above the

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ship which was of eques status. She was the daughter of the suffect consul Lucius Volusius Saturninus by his wife

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. Volusia Saturnina was a first cousin once removed to Roman emperor

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and his brother, the General Nero Claudius Drusus. Her brother was the suffect consul Lucius Volusius Saturninus.

Marriage and issue

Saturnina married Marcus Lollius, the son of the consul and military leader Marcus LolliusMarcus Lollius’ article at Livius.org
/ref> and his wife Aurelia. Aurelia was a sister to the Roman Senator

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.Syme, ''Roman Revolution'', p. 178 Saturnina and Lollius had two daughters: *

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* Lollia Paulina

References

Sources

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- The Annals of Imperial Rome *G. Rickman, Roman Granaries and Store Buildings, CUP Archive, 1971 *M. Hainzmann & P. Schubert, Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum, Walter de Gruyter, 1987
Lollia Gens article at ancient library
* ttp://dcodriscoll.pbworks.com/w/page/9957236/Volusius_Saturninus Genealogy of Volusius Saturninus by D.C. O’Driscollbr>Marcus Lollius’ article at Livius.org
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