Vespasia Polla

Background

Suetonius identifies her father as the Vespasius Pollio who was a three-time military tribune and a praefectus castrorum.

Career

Polla came from an equestrian family at Nursia. Her brother rose as high as the praetorship. The Vespasii were regarded as an old family of great renown, and Suetonius notes a site called Vespasiae where many of their monuments had been built.

This site was located on a mountaintop near the sixth milestone on the road between Nursia and Spoletum (present-day Spoleto).

Vespasia married a tax collector Titus Flavius Sabinus, and survived him. Their daughter Flavia Vespasia died in her infancy.

One son was also named Titus Flavius Sabinus, and served as consul in 47. Suetonius (Life of Vespasian, 22) states that:.

Achievements

• Sabinus achieved the senatorial rank, but Vespasian put off doing southern