Magia Polla

Magia Polla (known also as Maia,^[1] fl. I century BC) was an ancient Roman woman, mother of the poet Virgilius.^[2][3][4][5]

Biography

Magia Polla was the daughter of Magius, a rich merchant of the Magia gens,^[6][7][8] and perhaps had Celtic origins on her mother's side.^[9]

She married Virgilius Maro Ficulus, a potter who was initially employed by her father, but who later gained some wealth as a beekeeper and small landowner.^[10]

They had three sons:^[11] Silus, Flaccus^[11] and Virgilius (70 BC - 19 BC), who became one of the greatest Roman poets.^{[4][11][12][13]}

After her husband's death, Magia remarried with Lucius Scoedius and had another son, Proculus.^[14]