Vipsania Polla was the daughter of Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa

Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa

Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa was the father of Roman politician and general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, distinguished Roman woman Vipsania Polla, and another Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa....

, (a man of equestrian

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The Roman equestrian order constituted the lower of the two aristocratic classes of ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians , a hereditary caste that monopolised political power during the regal era and during the early Republic . A member of the equestrian order was known as an eques...

 rank) and sister to another Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa and Roman

Ancient Rome

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 General and Politician Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and defense minister to Octavian, the future Emperor Caesar Augustus...

. Polla lived during the late Roman Republic

Roman Republic

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 and in the reign of Rome

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’s first Emperor Augustus

Augustus

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Although this Roman woman was a distinguished woman, little is known on the life of Vipsania Polla. All we know is that Polla finished the construction of a monument called the Porticus Vipsania. The Porticus Vipsania, was a map of the Roman Empire, which was engraved in Marble. Marcus Agrippa started the construction of this map, before his death in 12 BC

12 BC

Year 12 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...

. The Porticus Vipsania was once displayed in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, not far from the Via Flaminia

Via Flaminia

The Via Flaminia was an ancient Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to Ariminum on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, and due to the ruggedness of the mountains was the major option the Romans had for travel between Etruria, Latium and Campania and the Po Valley...

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Although the Porticus Vipsania hasn’t survived, the description of this map is mentioned in Natural History by Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...

and through the Peutinger Map.