Junia Torquata (Latin: Iunia C. Silani f. Torquata; before 10 BC â AD 55) was a Vestal Virgin of the gens Junia. She interceded on behalf of her brother, Gaius Junius Silanus, the consul of AD 10, after he was condemned for treason in AD 22.
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