Augusta (honorific)

9 dated entries naming Augusta (honorific), drawn from 9 separate years between 112 CE and 613 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

  • 112August 29 – Salonia Matidia receives the title of Augusta upon the death of Marciana.source
  • 146Faustina the Younger is given the title Augusta, and becomes Roman Empress.source
  • 178Bruttia Crispina marries Commodus, and receives the title of Augusta.source

3rd century

  • 219Julia Maesa arranges, for her grandson Elagabalus, a marriage with Julia Paula. The wedding is a lavish ceremony and Paula is given the honorific title of Augusta.source

4th century

  • 307Near the end of the year, Galerius gives his wife (Diocletian's daughter) Galeria Valeria the title of Augusta.source
  • 400January 9 – Emperor Arcadius gives his wife Aelia Eudoxia the official title of Augusta. She is able to wear the purple paludamentum and is depicted in Roman currency.source

5th century

  • 414July 4 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigns as regent and proclaims herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire.source
  • 439Licinia Eudoxia, wife of emperor Valentinian III, is granted the title of Augusta following the birth of their daughter Eudocia.source

7th century

  • 613Emperor Heraclius marries his niece Martina; she becomes empress (Augusta) of the Byzantine Empire. This second marriage is considered to fall within the prohibited degree of kinship, and is approved by the Catholic Church in Constantinople.source

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