Roman Empress and wife to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius
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1 month ago - Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger (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.
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1 day ago - Marcus Aurelius was the son of the praetor Marcus Annius Verus and his wife, Domitia Calvilla. He was related through marriage to the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Marcus was three when his father died, and was raised by his mother and paternal grandfather. After Hadrian's adoptive son, Aelius Caesar, died in 138, Hadrian adopted Marcus's uncle Antoninus Pius as his new heir.
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Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus (August 31, 161, Lanuvio - December 31, 192, Rome) was the last emperor of the Antonine dynasty. Named after his father's co-ruler, Lucius Verus, Commodus would ultimately shape the empire's future in ways his father never intended.
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Was Marcus Aurelius' wife unfaithful?
Despite historical accounts and rumors suggesting that Faustina might have been unfaithful, the accuracy of these accounts is highly debated among contemporary and modern historians.Most of these rumors come from the Historia Augusta, a collection of imperial biographies known for favoring scandal over accuracy. While the text accused Faustina of various affairs and misconduct, one thing remains clear: Marcus Aurelius stayed devoted to his wife despite what anyone said about her.
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Why did Marcus Aurelius choose Commodus to rule after him?
While Marcus Aurelius became the first emperor since Vespasian to have legitimate biological sons, only Commodus survived to adulthood. The emperor's death during a plague-stricken campaign left Commodus as the sole heir to the Roman Empire.
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Faustina II (130–175 ce)Roman empress and wife of Marcus Aurelius. Name variations: Annia Galeria Faustina; Faustina Minor; Faustina the Younger; (Greek) Faustina Nea (Faustina the Younger); titled Augusta (Revered), Pia (Pious), Mater Castrorum (Mother of the Camp), and, after her death, ...
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July 20, 1998 - Because she accompanied her husband as he fought the tribes along the Danube, Marcus had her proclaimed “mother of the camp” (mater castrorum) in 174; upon her death in 175 he had her deified.
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Marcus Aurelius was married to the daughter of Emperor Antoninus Pius and her name was Faustina the Younger.
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November 12, 2024 - The final chapter of Faustina's life unfolded far from the splendor of Rome in the harsh winter of 175 AD. The empress drew her last breath at a military camp in Halala, nestled in the Taurus mountains of Cappadocia (modern-day Turkey).
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October 11, 2021 - Despite the turmoil which surrounded her reputation, upon her death, Marcus Aurelius buried Faustina the Younger at the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome, and claimed her a deified mortal. In a life of scandalous love affairs, executions, and rumors, Faustina’s story would be at home on reality ...
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June 5, 2023 - Marcus Aurelius was extremely devoted to Faustina. After her death in 175 CE, he declared her a goddess, built her a temple, and founded a city in her honor.
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Faustina the Younger lived from 130 C.E. until 175/76 C.E. She had at least 14 children with her husband, Marcus Aurelius, during their marriage.
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They were married in 145. They had fourteen children. Some of them died while they were young. Only six lived to be adults: five daughters and one son Commodus, who succeeded his father as emperor in 180. Here ...
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June 20, 2024 - Among the more outlandish rumors about this widely respected Roman emperor is the claim that Marcus Aurelius might have had a role in the death of his wife, Faustina the Younger.
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Answer: Did Marcus Aurelius have any wives or children? if not, why would he choose to be alone in his old age instead of having someone close to him as a companion during the last years of life? Did Marcus Aurelius have any wives or children? if not,why would he choose to be alone in his old age...
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In 176 AD the emperor of the Roman Empire, Marcus Aurelius, was mourning the death of his wife Faustina. She had died while accompanying him on one of his military campaigns. The place where she died would from then on be called ‘Faustinopolis’ ...
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January 3, 2025 - Officially, her death was attributed to illness, but there is no shortage of speculation that it may have been suicide. Her involvement in the rebellion, as well as rumours of an affair with Cassius, may have driven her to desperation.
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February 13, 2025 - However, Avidius Cassius was already ready to oppose the emperor at that time despite rumors about Aurelius' wife Faustina the Younger. It remains only to add that after Marcus Aurelius died in 180, power passed to his son Commodus (180-92 BC), ...
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Despite these narratives, her husband honored her legacy by bestowing upon her the title of mater castorum and establishing a charitable fund for impoverished girls in her name. Following her death, the town of Halala was renamed Faustinopolis, and her deification led to extensive posthumous coinage, marking her significant influence in Roman society.
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Faustina II (c.130-176): Roman empress, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius.
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A nephew of Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius was adopted into the imperial household as a youth. He was married to the daughter of the emperor, a woman named Faustina, and the two were blessed with eleven children. His honesty and diligence were notable from his youth, as was his adherence to the Stoic philosophy. At the death ...
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September 16, 2025 - Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I or Faustina Major (c. 100 – late October 140), was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius.
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Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger (c. 130 AD,[1][4] – 175/176 AD)[5] 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 ...