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Vespasian
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Caenis was a longtime companion and mistress of the Roman emperor Vespasian. She had previously served as a freedwoman to Antonia, who was the sister-in-law of the emperor Tiberius.
Following the death of his wife, Flavia Domitilla, Vespasian returned to Caenis, who remained his companion until her death, which occurred before his own.1