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==Life== ==Life==
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She had a remarkable memory and considerable influence on the emperor's administration, carried out official business on his behalf, and apparently made a lot of money from her position.<ref>()</ref> However, she was treated with disrespect by Vespasian's son ], who refused to greet her as one of the family.<ref>(Suet. Dom. 12.3)</ref> She had a remarkable memory and considerable influence on the emperor's administration, carried out official business on his behalf, and apparently made a lot of money from her position.<ref>()</ref> However, she was treated with disrespect by Vespasian's son ], who refused to greet her as one of the family.<ref>(Suet. Dom. 12.3)</ref>

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Mistress of Roman Emperor Vespasian For the Greek mythological woman who was transformed into a man, see Caeneus. For the genus of mayflies, see Caenis (mayfly).
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Roman imperial dynasties
Flavian dynasty
Chronology
Vespasian 69–79 AD
Titus 79–81 AD
Domitian 81–96 AD
Family
Preceded by
Year of
the Four Emperors		 Followed by
Nerva–Antonine dynasty

Antonia Caenis or Cenide, (died 74 AD) a former slave and secretary of Antonia Minor (mother of the emperor Claudius), was Roman emperor Vespasian's contubernalis.

Life

It could be thought that she had family in Istria, now in Croatia, based on a trip she took there (Suet. Dom. 12.3). In her 30s Caenis, still possibly a slave, was in an unofficial type of relationship with Vespasian, known as contubernium, before his marriage. According to Suetonius, after the death of Vespasian's wife Flavia Domitilla, Vespasian and Caenis, now a freedwoman, resumed their relationship; she was his wife "in all but name" until her death in AD 74.

She had a remarkable memory and considerable influence on the emperor's administration, carried out official business on his behalf, and apparently made a lot of money from her position. However, she was treated with disrespect by Vespasian's son Domitian, who refused to greet her as one of the family.

Popular culture

The life of Caenis and her love-story with Vespasian is portrayed in Lindsey Davis' novel The Course of Honour. She is also a character who features regularly in Robert Fabbri's Vespasian series, where she is depicted as being the long lost grand-niece of the king of the Caenii, a rebelling tribe in Thracia.

See also

References

  1. "Companion: Caenis". feminaeromanae.org. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  2. Anagnostou-Laoutides, Eva. "Anagnostou-Laoutides, E. and Charles, M.B. 2012. "Vespasian, Caenis and Suetonius," in C. Deroux (ed.), Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History XVI, Bruxelles: Editions Latomus , 530-547". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Acton, Karen (2010-05-12). "Antonia Caenis and the Flavian Dynasty". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1605506.
  4. Lefkowitz, Mary R.; Fant, Maureen B. (2005-08-23). Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8310-1.
  5. "LacusCurtius • Roman Law — Contubernium (Smith's Dictionary, 1875)".
  6. (Cassius Dio 66.14)
  7. (Suet. Dom. 12.3)

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