Lollia Paulina

Lollia Paulina (sometimes written Paullina) ( – 49 AD) was a Roman empress for six months in 38 as the third wife of the Roman emperor Caligula.

Family background and early life Paulina was a member of the plebeian gens Lollia. Paulina was the second daughter of Marcus Lollius with Volusia Saturnina, while her elder sister was Lollia Saturnina. Her cognomen "Paulina" probably derived from her maternal grandmother Nonia Polla.

Her father, Marcus Lollius, was a son of the Roman politician and military officer Marcus Lollius

Paulina was born and raised in Rome and became very wealthy after inheriting the estates of her relatives. She inherited large fortune from her paternal grandfather, Marcus Lollius.

Marriages and rivals Paulina's first husband was Publius Memmius Regulus, a man of consular rank, who served as a suffect consul in 31 and later as a Roman governor. Tacitus describes him as a man of 'dignity, who was a person of influence and good name', who died in 62.

In 38, Paulina was with Regulus in the province he was governing when Caligula ordered her to leave her husband upon overhearing a remark about the beauty of her grandmother. She would wear her jewels in her hair, and around her neck, arms, and fingers. Pliny's complaint was made in the context of Rome spending enormous amounts importing Ancient India's 'useless' pepper and pearls, as worn by Paulina even on her shoes.

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