Urgulania
Sign in to saveUrgulania (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.
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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.
== Life == Little is known of Urgulania's life prior to her son's consulship. Her husband, Marcus Plautius Silvanus, is only a name. Lily Ross Taylor notes that "Urgulania" was a very rare name, finding only 17 examples of it in the volumes of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, most of which appear in the volume dedicated to inscriptions found in the city of Rome. Taylor is doubtful that Urgulania became friends with Livia prior to her son's marriage to Lartia, but concurs with Ronald Syme that her influence led to his consulship.