Domitilla the Elder

Domitilla the Elder
Domitilla from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum"
Died	Before 69
Spouse	Vespasian
Issue	Titus Domitian Domitilla the Younger
Dynasty	Flavian (by marriage)
Father	Flavius Liberalis

Flavia Domitilla Major (Major, Latin for the elder) Flavia Domitilla the Elder or Domitilla the Elder (died before 69, perhaps c. 65) was the wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian.

Flavia Domitilla was born in Sabratha to Italian colonists who had moved there during the reign of Augustus. She was a daughter of Flavius Liberalis, a humble quaestor’s clerk. Before her marriage, she was a formal mistress to an African knight.

Vespasian married her around 38 AD. She was the mother of Domitilla the Younger and of the emperors Titus and Domitian. She died before Vespasian became emperor.

She was the grandmother of Saint Flavia Domitilla, daughter of Domitilla the Younger.