Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus During the reign of Tiberius, Sabinus ended a revolt in Thrace in 26. Consequently, he was awarded the "ornamenta triumphalia". Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus died in late December of 35. He is believed to have died of natural causes. He is the father of Poppaea Sabina the Elder and maternal grandfather of Poppaea Sabina the Younger, the second wife of the future emperor Nero. Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus was a Roman statesman, who served as consul in AD 9, and as Governor of Moesia from 15 to 35. Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus was elected to the consulship, with Quintus Sulpicius
Vibia Sabina to marry her daughter. Sabina is rumored to have had an affair with Suetonius, a historian who was Hadrian's secretary, in the year 119, which resulted in his dismissal as the Emperor's secretary. Meanwhile, her husband was thought to be more sexually interested in his favourite Antinous and other male lovers, and he and Sabina had no children. In 128, she was awarded the title of Augusta. Vibia Sabina died before her husband, some time in 136 or early 137. Hadrian's stone elegy for his wife "depicts the apotheosis, or divine ascent of Sabina in accordance with her posthumous deification