Fabia Orestilla
Fabia Orestilla was the great-granddaughter of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius and the wife of subsequent emperor Gordian I.[1] She married him probably in 192 and had two sons and a daughter.[1] Orestilla is only mentioned in the Augustan History.[2]
In part because the Augustan History also names the father-in-law of the oldest Gordian as "Annius Severus",[3] modern historians do not believe that this is not the name of his wife, and dismiss this name and her information as false. An alternative theory many believe is that his wife was the granddaughter of Greek Sophist, consul and tutor Herodes Atticus.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Krawczuk, Aleksander. Poczet cesarzowych Rzymu. Warszawa: Iskry. ISBN 83-244-0021-4. Search this book on
- ↑ "Three Gordians", 17.4
- ↑ "Three Gordians", 6.4
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