Faustina the Elder

Reece Period attributed: Period 7

Member of the The Antonines dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 138 until 161.

As the wife of Antoninus Pius, Faustina earned a mixed reputation for her purported fun-loving lifestyle and lack of gravity. The emperor himself wrote very fondly of Faustina, though other reports suggest that her debauchery were a source of grief for her husband. Antoninus Pius may even have suppressed many of the vicious rumors which circulated about his wife.

Other resources about Faustina the Elder

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Faustina_the_Elder
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustina_the_Elder
• VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/26915379

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Faustina the Elder
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  • Faustina the Elder
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• Definition: Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I or Faustina Major (born on February 16 around 100; died in October or November of 140), was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. The emperor Marcus Aurelius was her nephew and later became her adopted son, along with Emperor Lucius Verus. She died early in the principate of Antoninus Pius, but continued to be prominently commemorated as a diva, posthumously playing a prominent symbolic role during his reign.
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  • Father: Marcus Annius Verus (II)
  • Mother: Rupilia Faustina
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  • Antoninus Pius
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  • Antoninus Pius
  • Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo
  • Deified Roman empresses
  • 100s births
  • 140 deaths
  • Year of birth uncertain
  • Augustae
  • Annii
  • 2nd-century Roman empresses