Eumachia
Sign in to savethumb|upright|The statue erected in honor of Eumachia at Pompeii
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Name and family
- Social significance
- Building of Eumachia
- Euergetism
- Statue
- References
thumb|upright|The statue erected in honor of Eumachia at Pompeii
Eumachia (1st century AD) was a Roman business entrepreneur and priestess. She served as the public priestess of Venus Pompeiana in Pompeii as well as the matron of the Fullers guild. She is known primarily from inscriptions on a large public building which she financed and dedicated to Pietas and Concordia Augusta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eumachia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.