{"id":661,"date":"2010-10-13T01:05:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T01:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=661"},"modified":"2014-08-21T15:29:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:29:39","slug":"powerful-women-who-met-tragic-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/powerful-women-who-met-tragic-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful Women Who Met Tragic Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a powerful woman in Ancient Rome did have its perks, but it also had its perils. Here are some of the harrowing stories of women in positions of power that have met a terrible end :<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julia Soaemias Bassiana<\/strong> was the mother of Emperor Elagabalus. Although Elagabalus was the emperor, he was still a teenager, so his mother was the \u2018real\u2019 ruler. Julia was brutal. In order to secure the throne for her son, Julia plotted the demise of former Emperor <strong>Marcus Opellius Macrinus<\/strong>. Both mother and son were despised by the public. Julia was eventually killed by the Praetorian Guard, and so was her son.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>When Elagabalus died, <strong>Julia Avita Mamaea\u2019s<\/strong> son <strong>Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander <\/strong>became emperor. Since Alexander was still young, Julia ruled on his behalf. Julia was a domineering mother and Empress. She reversed nearly all of Elagabalus\u2019s policies and kicked her daughter-in-law <strong>Barbia Orbiana <\/strong>out of the palace. She was eventually beheaded when the Praetorian Guard betrayed her to follow someone else.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>Bruttia Crispina<\/strong> was the wife of Emperor Commodus. She was politically framed for adultery and exiled to the island of Capri. In Capri, she was executed. Crispina is one of the many tragic examples of how Empresses were easily disposed of in Ancient Rome. The position of empress did not guarantee absolute security, life or fortune. This was unfortunately true in Crispina\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Crispina_Augusta-aureus-RIC_0287.jpg\" aria-label=\"Crispina Augusta Aureus RIC 0287 300x156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-664\" title=\"Crispina_Augusta-aureus-RIC_0287\"  alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"94\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Crispina_Augusta-aureus-RIC_0287-300x156.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Crispina_Augusta-aureus-RIC_0287-350x183.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Crispina_Augusta-aureus-RIC_0287-350x183.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/Crispina_Augusta-aureus-RIC_0287.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Being a powerful woman in Ancient Rome did have its perks, but it also had its perils. Here are some of the harrowing stories of women in positions of power that have met a terrible end : Julia Soaemias Bassiana was the mother of Emperor Elagabalus. 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