Apicata

Apicata was a woman of the 1st century AD in ancient Rome. She was married to Sejanus, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.

==Biography== ===Early life=== Apicata may have been the daughter of Marcus Gavius Apicius, a gourmet who knew Sejanus when the latter was a young man. The reason for this assumption is mainly her unusual name "Apicata", which was likely a nickname derived from a cognomen instead of a common name for a woman of a Roman family. The name of Sejanus's wife can be found removed from an inscription but it appears to be a short name similar in length to Livia; Gavia would suit. Jane Bellemore has disputed that the woman named on the inscription was Apicata, and argued that the name could have belonged to a later wife of Sejanus (possibly Livilla).