Herennia Etruscilla

Herennia Etruscilla: name of a Roman empress, married to Decius (ruled 249-251).

Life

c.230: Marriage to Decius
- sons: Quintus Herennius Decius; Gaius Valens Hostilianus
Autumn 249: Decius proclaimed emperor; his wife renamed Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla Augusta
June 251: Decius and his eldest son, Quintus Herennius Decius, killed un action
Trebonianus Gallus becomes emperor; he adopts Hostilian, who soon succumbs to the plague; so does his mother
Damnatio Memoriae