Career
She was a sister to Roman Empress Lucilla and Roman Emperor Commodus. Fadilla was born and raised in Rome. The mother Plautius Quintillus was Ceionia Fabia, sister of Lucius Verus.
During Commodus" reign, Fadilla and her family lived in a private palace on Capitoline Hill in Rome which was later bestowed by the later Roman Emperor Elagabalus (218–222) as one of his mother"s favorite residences.
Her husband became one of Commodus" main advisers. According to Herodian (History of the Roman Empire 1131), Fadilla warned Commodus about Marcus Aurelius Cleander, a Praetorian prefect, who was becoming too powerful.
