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Agrippina the Elder
Member of Julio-Claudian dynasty (c. 14 BC–AD 33)
Julia the Elder
daughter of Emperor Augustus (39 BC – AD 14)
Antonia Minor
youngest daughter of Octavia Minor and Mark Antony
Vibia Sabina
Roman Empress, wife of Emperor Hadrian
Livilla
Claudia Livia (Classical Latin: CLAVDIA•LIVIA; – AD 31) was the only daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor and sister to Roman Emperor Claudius and general Germanicus, and thus paternal aunt of emperor Caligula and maternal great-aunt of emperor Nero, as well as the niece and daughter-in-law of Tiberius. She was named after her grandmother, Augustus' wife Livia Drusilla, and commonly known by her family nickname Livilla ("little Livia"). She was born after Germanicus and before Claudius.
Antonia Major
eldest daughter of Octavia Minor and Mark Antony
Julia the Younger
daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (19 BC-c. 29 AD)
Vipsania Agrippina
first wife of Emperor Tiberius
Pontius Pilate's wife
ancient Roman woman and saint
Scribonia
Roman noblewoman, second wife of Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder
Lydia of Thyatira
woman mentioned in the New Testament, regarded as first documented convert to Christianity in Europe (Acts of the Apostles)
Julia Drusilla
sister of Emperor Caligula
Julia Drusilla
daughter of emperor Caligula
Domitia Lepida Minor
mother of Roman empress Messalina
Julia Livilla
youngest sister of the Roman Emperor Caligula (c. AD 18-c. 41)
Claudia Acte
Roman freedwoman and mistress of Emperor Nero
Salonia Matidia
niece of Roman emperor Trajan (68-119)
Locusta
thumbnail|''Locusta testing in Nero's presence the poison prepared for Britannicus'', painting by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre, 1876
Ulpia Marciana
elder sister of the Roman Emperor Trajan (48-112)
Julia Flavia
daughter of Emperor Titus
Aelia Paetina
second wife of Roman emperor Claudius
Plautia Urgulanilla
first wife of Claudius (married c. 9-24 AD)
Julia Balbilla
Roman noble woman and poet
Claudia Antonia
daughter of emperor Claudius by his second wife Aelia Paetina
Terentia
Terentia (; 98 BC – AD 6) was the wife of the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero. She was instrumental in Cicero's political life both as a benefactor and as a fervent activist for his cause.
Claudia Augusta
daughter of Nero and Poppaea Sabina
Domitilla the Elder
wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian
Julia Livia
daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla
Junia Claudilla
first wife of Roman Emperor Caligula
Mariamne II
wife of Herod the Great
Domitia
aunt of the Emperor Nero
Berenice
daughter of Salome I and Aristobulus IV
Marcia Furnilla
second wife of emperor Titus
Flavia Domitilla
member of the Flavian dynasty, wife of Clemens
Claudia Marcella Minor
paternal grandmother of empress Messalina
Junia Tertia
daughter of Servilia, wife of Gaius Cassius Longinus
Domitilla the Younger
daughter of emperor Vespasian
Marcia
mother of Roman emperor Trajan
Caenis
Antonia Caenis, (died 75 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's contubernalis.
Claudia Pulchra
great-niece of emperor Augustus, wife of Varus
Arria
thumb|250px|Arria et Paetus, sculpture by Pierre Lepautre (1659-1744)|Pierre Lepautre and [[Jean-Baptiste Théodon, Musée du Louvre]]
Sextilia
200px|thumb|Sextilia from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum|Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
Saint Prisca
Roman saint
Sulpicia
1st century Roman poet and satirist
Arrecina Tertulla
first wife of Roman emperor Titus
Junia Calvina
first wife of Lucius Vitellius the younger
Pomponia Graecina
1st century AD Roman noblewoman
Livia Medullina
fiancée of Roman emperor Claudius (c. 6 BC - c. AD 10)
Urgulania
Urgulania (fl. 24 AD), was a prominent noblewoman during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, due to her friendship with the empress Livia. She was the mother of the Roman general Marcus Plautius Silvanus (consul in 2 BC), who had distinguished himself when fighting with the future Emperor Tiberius during the Great Illyrian Revolt in the Balkans. She was the grandmother to Plautia Urgulanilla, the first wife of the future emperor Claudius, and another Marcus Plautius Silvanus, the suspect in a notorious murder case.
Eumachia
thumb|upright|The statue erected in honor of Eumachia at Pompeii
Munatia Plancina
Roman noblewoman who lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius
Ennia Thrasylla
1st century AD Roman noblewoman
Junia Lepida
descendant of emperor Augustus
Vitellia Galeria
daughter of Roman emperor Vitellius
Drusilla of Mauretania
1st century AD Mauretanian princess
Calvia Crispinilla
courtier to Roman emperor Nero
Julia of Mauretania
daughter of Cleopatra Selene and Juba II the king of Mauretania
Pompeia Paulina
wife of Seneca the Younger
Epicharis
Roman freedwoman and member of the Pisonian conspiracy against emperor Nero
Domitia Paulina
mother of emperor Hadrian