Sabina bought some much needed legitimacy to the rule of Hadrian. As a grand-niece of Trajan she was an important dynastic link to the previous emperor, and in death Hadrian could deify her, and be the husband to a god.
\n\nPart VIII of 'Empresses of Rome'
\n\nGuest:
\n\nProfessor T. Corey Brennan (Classics, Rutgers University).