Hypogeum of Crispia Salvia

From the Latin epigraph dating back to the second century. A.D., it is clear that the Hypogeum of Crispia Salvia was dedicated to her by her husband, Julius Demetrius. The woman was married for 15 years and died at about age 45.

According to some scholars, the importance of attributing the age and specifying the years of marriage could mean that the woman had already been married.  The woman's name reveals her noble origins, belonging to two gens, the Crispius, having economic interests in western Sicily, given the findings of tools and tiles with the A.C. Crispi stamp in Segesta, and the Salvii; also attributable to Lilibeo.

The origins of her husband, Julius Demetrius, cannot easily be known since the name was widespread in all the cities of Sicily, both by high-ranking people and by freedmen; but the noble origin is not excluded.