Flavia Domitilla (exiled in AD 95)

She was the wife of the consul Flavius Clemens, the emperor’s cousin, and the mother of two boys whom Domitian designated as successors. In AD 95 both spouses were accused of “atheism” — Dio writes that many who had adopted Jewish customs were condemned on this charge. Clemens was executed, Domitilla exiled to Pandateria.

A year later her steward, the freedman Stephanus, struck Domitian the first blow.

Later Christian tradition (Eusebius) speaks of a Christian Flavia Domitilla, Clemens’s niece, exiled to the island of Pontia. Whether she is the same woman is disputed. In Rome there are catacombs bearing her name.