[Date, and place of birth and death unknown.]
The wife of the Emperor Trajan. A woman of clear, strong mind, and an
exemplary purity of life and consistency of character. Childless
herself, she prevailed upon her husband to adopt Hadrian, in whose reign
she died. Hadrian built a temple in her honour, and composed hymns in
her praise.
[From the marble in the Rotunda of the Vatican.]