Eponina (40–78)
Eponina (40–78)
Roman heroine. Wife of Julius Sabinus.
Captured the sympathies of the Roman people with heroic fidelity to her husband, even choosing to die with him when her efforts to save his life failed (he had laid claim to the throne as a descendant of Julius Caesar).
See also Women in World History.
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