12 Facts About Lollia Paulina

Lollia Paulina's father, Marcus Lollius was the son born to the Roman politician and military officer Marcus Lollius from his wife Aurelia.

Lollia Paulina inherited the large fortune from her paternal grandfather, thus was the heiress of Marcus Lollius.

The first husband of Lollia Paulina was Publius Memmius Regulus, a man of consular rank, who served as a suffect consul in 31 and later, as a Roman governor.

In 38, Lollia Paulina was with Regulus at the province he was governing when Caligula ordered her to leave her husband upon overhearing a remark about the beauty of her grandmother.

Lollia Paulina was forced to divorce Regulus and marry Caligula, becoming his third wife and Roman Empress that same year.

In 48, Lollia Paulina became a rival to the sister of Caligula, Agrippina the Younger.

Lollia Paulina was considered as a choice as the fourth wife of the paternal uncle of Caligula, the Roman emperor Claudius, following the death of the third wife of Claudius, the Roman empress Valeria Messalina.

Sometime after, Agrippina the Younger had Lollia Paulina charged with sorcery, accused of having entered into forbidden consultations with astrologers.

Tacitus reported that Lollia Paulina was forced to commit suicide under the watch of a colonel of the Guards and implied that this was done under the orders of Agrippina the Younger.

Lollia Paulina is mentioned in Natural History by Pliny the Elder.

Lollia Paulina would wear her jewels in her hair, round her neck, arms and fingers.

Lollia Paulina is a character in the novel series, I, Claudius, written by Robert Graves.