Faustina the Younger

Reece Period attributed: Period 8

Member of the The Antonines dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 147 until 175.

Marcus Aurelius married Faustina the Younger in AD 145, due to the wishes of Antoninus Pius.

Faustina was reported to have been overcome with passion for a certain gladiator, and that her son Commodus was the product of this union and not her marriage with the emperor. At any rate, the empress was well-known for her passions, particularly for low-life sailors and gladiators. Marcus Aurelius never divorced her, however, out of respect for the wishes of his father. He considered that the empire was the dowry for which he married Faustina, and even promoted several of her known lovers.

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• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustina_the_Younger
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• Preferred label: Faustina the Younger
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• Definition: Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger (born probably 21 September c. 130 AD, – 175/176 AD) was Roman empress from 161 to her death as the wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, her maternal cousin. Faustina was the youngest child of Emperor Antoninus Pius and Empress Faustina the Elder. She was held in high esteem by soldiers and her husband as Augusta and Mater Castrorum ('Mother of the Camp') and was given divine honours after her death.
• Parents:
  • Father: Antoninus Pius
  • Mother: Faustina the Elder
• Birth place: Roman Italy, Rome
• Death place: Cappadocia, Faustinopolis
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  • Marcus Aurelius
• Other title(s):
  • Augusta (honorific)
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• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • Deified Roman empresses
  • Ancient Roman women in warfare
  • Daughters of Roman emperors
  • 130s births
  • Annii
  • Marcus Aurelius
  • Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo
  • Nerva–Antonine dynasty
  • 175 deaths
  • 2nd-century Roman empresses
  • Augustae