Aemilia Clara was a Roman woman who lived in the 2nd century. She and her family originally came from the colony of Hadrumetum

Hadrumetum

Hadrumetum was a Phoenician colony that pre-dated Carthage and stood on the site of modern-day Sousse, Tunisia.-Ancient history:...

, Africa (modern Sousse

Sousse

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, Tunisia

Tunisia

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, North Africa

North Africa

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).

She was most probably the namesake of her mother. Her paternal grandfather was Marcus Salvius Julianus, who was of the gens

Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...

 Salvius (the same gens as Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

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 Otho

Otho

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).

Others however identify her as the daughter of Aemilius and his wife, the daughter of Marcus Salvius Julianus. Julianus was a prominent jurist who served under Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian

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 (reigned 117-136). As a jurist, he compiled the Edictum Perpetuum, a collection of praetor

Praetor

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’s statement of the principles to be used in administering justice. Another compilation was Digesta, 90 books cited in Byzantine Emperor Justinian I

Justinian I

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’s Digest. He was twice consul and prefect of Rome

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. Her father of the same name also served as a jurist. Her brother of the same name was betrothed to a daughter of jurist Taruntenus Paternus.

She married Quintus Petronius Didius Severus

Quintus Petronius Didius Severus

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, a Roman

Ancient Rome

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 who came from a prominent family in Milan

Milan

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, Italy

Italy

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. Their sons were:

• Marcus Didius Severus Julianus or Didius Julianus
  Didius Julianus
  Didius Julianus , was Roman Emperor for three months during the year 193. He ascended the throne after buying it from the Praetorian Guard, who had assassinated his predecessor Pertinax. This led to the Roman Civil War of 193–197...
  
  , briefly Roman Emperor in 193.
• Didius Proculus, whose son was betrothed to his niece Didia Clara
  Didia Clara
  Didia Clara was a daughter and only child to the Roman Emperor Didius Julianus and Empress Manlia Scantilla. She was born and raised in Rome....
  
  .
• Didius Nummius Albinus.

Sources

• Augustan History - Didius Julianus
• http://www.roman-emperors.org/didjul.htm
• http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Hadrian/2*.html#note144
• http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1761.html