In Greek it means: Pavlina was a name shared by three relatives of the Roman Emperor Hadrian: his mother, his elder sister and his niece.

After the death of her husband, her children were raised by Trajan and the Roman officer Publius Acilius Attianus.

Before Trajan's death in 117, Paulina and Servianus had arranged for their daughter Julia to marry the Spanish Roman Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator, who was a man of consular rank.

Before Trajan's death in 117, her parents arranged for her to marry the Roman senator Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator, ordinary consul in 118.

Roman senator Pliny the Younger sent a letter of congratulations to her parents regarding her wedding (Epistulae, VI.26).

Julia's father had always cherished the idea that her youthful son would one day succeed Hadrian.

Hadrian promoted the young Salinator, gave him special status in his court and also groomed him for his succession.

However, in 136, Hadrian changed his mind and decided to adopt Lucius Aelius Caesar as his heir.