The Palace and Park by Phillips, Forbes, Latham, Owen, Scharf, and Shenton

[Date, and place of birth and death unknown.] The wife of the Emperor Trajan. A woman of clear, strong mind, and an exemplary purity of life and consistency of character. Childless herself, she prevailed upon her husband to adopt Hadrian, in whose reign she died. Hadrian built a temple in her honour, and composed hymns in her praise. [From the marble in the Rotunda of the Vatican.]