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Eumachia
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thumb|upright|The statue erected in honor of Eumachia at Pompeii

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0100-01-01
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0050-00-00
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thumb|upright|The statue erected in honor of Eumachia at Pompeii

Eumachia (1st century AD) was a Roman business entrepreneur and priestess. She served as the public priestess of Venus Pompeiana in Pompeii as well as the matron of the Fullers guild. She is known primarily from inscriptions on a large public building which she financed and dedicated to Pietas and Concordia Augusta.

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