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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: Galla Placidia, Livia, Helena, List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses, Eusebia, Pulcheria, Thermantia, Charito, Albia Dominica, Licinia Eudoxia, Domitia Longina, Justina, Maria, Marcia Euphemia, Aelia Flaccilla, Annia Faustina, Julia Domna, Flavia Maxima Constantia, Faustina the Younger, Marina Severa, Augusta, List of Roman women, Faustina the Elder, Fausta, Daughter of Julius Constantius, Lucilla, Cornelia Salonina, Sallustia Orbiana, Ulpia Severina, Julia Maesa, Fulvia Plautilla, Lollia Paulina, Marcia Otacilia Severa, Wife of Julius Nepos, Aquilia Severa, Tranquillina, Vibia Sabina, Bruttia Crispina, Statilia Messalina, Eutropia, Galeria Valeria, Caecilia Paulina, Pompeia Plotina, Flavia Julia Constantia, Laeta, Julia Cornelia Paula, Flavia Maximiana Theodora, Flavia Titiana, Herennia Etruscilla, Manlia Scantilla, Prisca, Livia Orestilla, Alypia, Valeria Maximilla, Nonia Celsa, Galeria Fundana, Minervina, Cornelia Supera, Fabia Orestilla. Excerpt: This is a list of women who were Roman Empress, i.e. the wife of the Roman Emperor, the ruler of the Roman Empire. The Romans had no single term for the position: Latin and Greek titles such as Augusta (derived from the first emperor Augustus), Caesarissa or Kaisarissa (derived from Julius Caesar), basilissa (Greek ), the female form of basileus, and Autokratorissa, the female form of autocrat, were all used. In the third century, Augustae could also receive the titles of Mater castrorum (mother of the army camps) and Mater patriae (mother of the fatherland). Another title of the Byzantine Empresses was "Eusebestat Augousta" (Most Pious Augusta); they were also called Kyria (Lady) or Despoina ( ), the female form of "despotes." Due to the practice of dividing the Roman empire under different Emperors, there were periods when there were more than one Rom...
