Fulvia Plautilla To Eternal Harmony

Fuliva Plautilla’s marriage in 202 to the 14 year old emperor Caracalla was an act of political expedience rather than love; we are told she despised her husband so much that she would not even dine with him. Plautilla’s father Plautianus had for five years been Caracalla’s praetorian prefect, and by this marriage he sought to strengthen his ties to the Imperial family. He had prepared his daughter well, sparing no expense along the way.

Cassius Dio,who attended the wedding, tells us that Plautianus had castrated one hundred Romans of good birth just so his daughter would have a suitable number of eunuchs to school her...

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