Editing Vibia Sabina (section)

== Death ==
[[File:SABINA RIC II 399a-1960284.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[Denarius]] of Sabina, minted in Rome AD 128–134]]
Vibia Sabina died before her husband, some time in 136 or early 137.<ref>Opper, Thorsten. ''Hadrian: Empire and Conflict'', Harvard University Press, 2008, p. 205. {{ISBN|0-674-03095-8}}</ref> There is a strong ancient tradition that Hadrian treated his wife little better than a slave, and may have driven her to suicide.<ref name=":0" /> However other sources say he had great respect for her. 

A [[relief]] commissioned by Hadrian "depicts the apotheosis, or divine ascent of Sabina in accordance with her posthumous deification on the order of Hadrian."<ref>Annelise Freisenbruch, ''Caesars’ Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire'' (London and New York: Free Press, 2010), 170.</ref>  Some 150 years later, this was reused as [[spolia]] on the so-called [[Arch of Portugal]], and in modern times moved to the [[Capitoline Museums]], where it is on display on the staircase of the [[Capitoline_Hill#Palazzo_dei_Conservatori|Palazzo dei Conservatori]].