Bruttia Crispina

Bust of Crispina (Louvre, Paris)

Bruttia Crispina (†193 CE): name of a Roman empress, wife of the emperor Commodus.

Life

Date of birth not recorded; daughter of Gaius Bruttius Praesens, a former consul
Summer 178: Marries to Commodus
180: Second consulship of Gaius Bruttius Praesens; death of Marcus Aurelius; accession of Commodus
182: Possible pregnancy
187: Consulship of her brother Lucius Bruttius Quintius Crispinus
192: Accused of adultery, she is exiled to Capri
192, 31 December: Commodus killed
193 Crispina is murdered; damnatio memoriae

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