Vibia Sabina was a Roman Empress, wife and second cousin, once removed, to Roman Emperor Hadrian.
Background
She was the daughter of Matidia (niece of Roman Emperor Trajan), and suffect consul Lucius Vibius Sabinus. After her father’s death in 84, Sabina, along with her half-sisters, went to live with their grandmother"s mother, Marciana, and were raised in the household of Trajan with his wife Plotina.
Career
Sabina was strong and independent and her beliefs in marriage didn"t sit well with the Emperor. Sabina is rumored to have had an affair with Suetonius, a historian who was also Hadrian"s secretary, in the year 119. In 128, she was awarded the title of Augusta.
Her name was bestowed in honor of Sabina and her father.
