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 Aurelia Sabina in honor of the late Roman Empress "Vibia Sabina", who was the wife of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and her late father the distinguished suffect consul "Lucius Vibius Sabinus". Vibia Sabina was a relative of her parents, as she was a great aunt to her parents who was half maternal sister to Rupilia Faustina. Rupilia Faustina was the paternal grandmother of Marcus Aurelius and the maternal grandmother of Faustina the Younger. Throughout her childhood, Aurelia Sabina had travelled extensive with her parents throughout the Roman Empire. Sometime before her father died in 180 AD, Aurelia Sabina was betrothed to the