| A | B |
|---|
| Ocrisia | mother of slave boy, Servius Tullius, who became king |
| Tanaquil | wife of Tarquinius Priscus who was excellent at interpreting omens |
| Hersilia | wife of Romulus |
| Lucretia | raped by Sextus Tarquin |
| Cloelia | swam across the Tiber to escape the Etruscans |
| Volumnia | wife of Coriolanus who persuaded him not to invade city |
| Veturia | mother of Coriolanus; also helped persuade him not to invade |
| Tarpeia | betrayed Citadel to the Sabines; was crushed under their shields and thrown off a rock |
| Verginia | killed by her father to avoid her being raped by Appius Claudius |
| Cornelia | daughter of Scipio Africanus, mother of the Gracchi brothers |
| Calpurnia | wife of Caesar who predicted his death |
| Scribonia | first wife of Augustus |
| Livia | 2nd wife of Augustus--very coniving; her sons were Tiberius and Drusus |
| Agrippina the Elder | wife of Germanicus, mother of Caligula |
| Agrippina the Younger | wife of Claudius (said to have poisoned him with mushrooms); mother of Nero |
| Poppaea Sabina | wife of Nero whom he kicked to death |
| Boudicca | led Iceni uprising in Britain |
| Messelina | wife of Claudius who had to be put to death for her sex scandals |
| Julia | daughter of Augustus who was exiled and died on the island of Pandeteria |
| Zenobia | Queen of Palmyra who led a revolt against Rome |
| Julia Domna | wife of Septimus Severus, mother of Caracalla |
| Theodora | wife of the emperor Justinian |
