Background
She was born and raised in Rome.
She was born and raised in Rome.
After Didius Julianus purchased the throne of the Roman Empire at an auction held by the praetorian guardsmen early in 193, he was accorded the title of Augustus by the Senate. Didia Clara was reputedly one of the most beautiful women in Rome, but virtually nothing is known about her life or her personality. When her father died on 1 June 193, the new emperor Septimius Severus removed her title.
Within a month, her mother died.
