List of Augustae


Augusta was a Roman imperial honorific title given to empresses and women of the imperial families. It was the feminine form of Augustus. In the third century, could also receive the titles of , , and .
The title implied the greatest prestige. could issue their own coinage, wear imperial regalia, and rule their own courts.
Agrippina, the wife of Claudius, was the first living wife of the emperor in Roman history to receive the title of, a position she held for the rest of her life, ruling with her husband and son.
In the third century, Julia Domna was the first empress to receive the combined title after the death of her husband Septimius Severus, which may have implied greater powers being vested in her than was usual for a Roman empress mother. In this official position and honor, she accompanied her son on an extensive military campaign and provincial tour.

Principate period

Julio-Claudian dynasty

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Livia

30 January 58 BCAD 14Wife of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius.28 September AD 29
Antonia Minor
31 January 36 BC
Athens
AD 41
Mother of Emperor Claudius.AD 37
Rome
Agrippina the Younger
7 November AD 15
Oppidum Ubiorum
AD 50Wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero23 March AD 59
Misenum
Poppaea Sabina
AD 30
Pompeii
AD 63Wife of Emperor Nero.AD 65
Rome
Claudia Augusta
21 January AD 63
Antium
AD 63Daughter of Emperor Nero.April AD 63

Flavian dynasty

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Domitilla the Younger
45Before 80Daughter of Emperor Vespasian.66
Domitia Longina
5080Wife of Emperor Domitian.After 120

Nerva–Antonine dynasty

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Pompeia Plotina
54–68105Wife of Emperor Trajan.123
Ulpia Marciana
48105Sister of Emperor Trajan.112–114
Salonia Matidia
4 July 68112Niece of Emperor Trajan.23 December 119
Vibia Sabina
13 August 83128Wife of Emperor Hadrian.136–137
Faustina the Elder
21 September 100138Wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius.140
Faustina the Younger
125–1301 December 147Daughter of Emperor Antoninus Pius; wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius; mother of Emperor Commodus.175
Lucilla
148–150164Daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and wife of Emperor Lucius Verus.182
Bruttia Crispina
164
Rome
177Wife of Emperor Commodus.191
Capri

Year of the Five Emperors

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Manlia Scantilla
193Wife of Emperor Didius Julianus.193
Didia Clara
153
Rome
193Daughter of Emperor Didius Julianus.Unknown

Severan dynasty

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Julia Domna
Wife of Emperor Septimius Severus.217
Fulvia Plautilla
185—189210sWife of Emperor Caracalla.212
Julia Cornelia Paula
219First wife of Emperor Elagabalus.
Aquilia Severa
220Second and fourth wife of Emperor Elagabalus. As a Vestal Virgin her marriage to the Emperor was very controversial.
Julia Avita Mamaea
180222Mother of Emperor Alexander Severus and co-regent, in his name, during his adolescence.235
Sallustia Orbiana
225Wife of Emperor Alexander Severus.

Crisis of the Third Century

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Tranquillina
c. 225241Wife of Emperor Gordian III.After 244
Marcia Otacilia Severa
240sWife of the Emperor Philip the Arab.
Herennia Etruscilla
UnknownSeptember 249Wife of Emperor Trajan Decius; mother of Emperor Herennius Etruscus and Emperor Hostilian. 253
Cornelia Supera
253Wife of Aemilianus.
Cornelia Salonina
Unknown253Wife of Emperor Gallienus.268
Sulpicia Dryantilla
c. 260Wife of usurper Emperor Regalianus, who named her as part of legitimizing his claim.260
Victoria271Mother of Victorinus271
Zenobia
240272Queen of the Palmyrene Empire, a short lived splinter empire that revolted during the Crisis. She proclaimed herself and annexed the Eastern Mediterranean from Rome.c. 275
Ulpia Severina
274Wife of Emperor Aurelian; possibly reigned in her own right after the death of her husband in 275.
Magnia Urbica
283Wife of Emperor Carinus.

Dominate period

Tetrarchy

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Galeria Valeria
308Daughter of Emperor Diocletian and wife of Emperor Galerius.315

Constantinian dynasty

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Fausta
289324Wife of Constantine I and daughter of Emperor Maximian. Mother of: Constantina, Constantine II, Constantius II, Constans I and Helena.326
Helena
246—250c.324–325Mother of Constantine I and ex-wife or mistress of Emperor Constantius Chlorus.18 August 330
Constantina
307—317After 312, before 337.Daughter of Emperor Constantine I. Wife of Hannibalianus, Rex Regum et Ponticarum Gentium, "King of Kings and of the Pontic People". Wife of Caesar Constantius Gallus.354

Valentinianic dynasty

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Galla Placidia
392c. 416Daughter of Theodosius I, wife of Constantius III, regent for her son Valentinian III.27 November 450
Justa Grata Honoria
After 426Sister of Valentinian III.

Theodosian dynasty

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Aelia Flaccilla
Before 385Wife of Emperor Theodosius I.386
Eudoxia
9 January 400Wife of Emperor Arcadius.6 October 404
Pulcheria
19 January 398–399414Daughter of Arcadius, sister of Theodosius II, and then wife of Marcian.July 453
Eudocia
4012 January 423Wife of Theodosius II20 October 460
Licinia Eudoxia
422439Daughter of Theodosius II, Wife of Valentinian III.462

Leonid dynasty

PortraitNameBirthDate of namingDescriptionDeath
Marcia Euphemia
c. 453Daughter of Marcian by an unknown woman. Wife of Anthemius.472
Verina
457Wife of Leo I, sister of Basiliscus, mother of Ariadne and Leontia.484
Ariadne
before 457474Daughter of Leo I. Wife of Zeno. Mother of Leo II. Wife of Anastasius I.515
Zenonis
475Wife of Basiliscus.476–477