What is "domitia"

Domitia is the name of women from the gens Domitius of Ancient Rome. Women from the gens include:

• Domitia, wife of Quintus Lutatius Catulus (consul 102 BC) and mother of Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Capitolinus) (consul 78 BC)
• Domitia Lepida the Elder or Domitia Lepida Major, aunt of Emperor Nero
• Domitia Lepida the Younger, sister of the following, mother of the Roman Empress Valeria Messalina
• Domitia, eldest daughter of Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and sister to Roman Empress Domitia Longina
• Domitia Longina, wife of Roman Emperor Domitian
• Domitia Decidiana, wife of Roman General Gnaeus Julius Agricola and mother-in-law to historian Tacitus
• Domitia Lucilla, mother and maternal grandmother of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius
• Domitia Paulina, Aelia Domitia Paulina, female relatives of Roman Emperor Hadrian
• Domitia Faustina, a short-lived daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger
• Saint Domitia, a saint of Orthodox Christianity

Domitia was a Roman noble woman who lived in the 1st century. She was the eldest daughter to Roman Consul and General Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and Cassia Longina. Her younger sister was Domitia Longina, a future Roman Empress who would marry the future Roman Emperor Domitian. Her paternal aunt was Roman Empress Milonia Caesonia.

Domitia was born sometime towards the middle of the first century at an unknown date. By 63, she married the Roman Senator Lucius Annius Vinicianus, who was a son to the Roman Senator Gaius Annius Pollio.

Vinicianus, in 63 acted as a military commander under his father-in-law in the Euphrates. In 66, there was a conspiracy that involved Vinicianus and his father-in-law to overthrow the Roman Emperor Nero. Vinicianus refused to speak nor prove his innocence to the Emperor and committed suicide in 67.

The Roman Historian Suetonius makes a reference to their son in the account of Domitian which is mentioned in clause 12. The year that Domitia died is unknown.

The gens Domitia was a plebeian family at Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, consul in 332 BC. His son, Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus Maximus, was consul in 283, and the first plebeian censor. The family produced several distinguished generals, and towards the end of the Republic, the Domitii were looked upon as one of the most illustrious gentes.

Domitia (genus) is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:

• Domitia aenea (Parry, 1849)
• Domitia cervina Hintz, 1913
• Domitia lupanaria Thomson, 1858
• Domitia marshalli Breuning, 1935
• Domitia pilosicollis (Hope, 1843)
• Domitia viridipennis (Chevrolat, 1855)