Faustina II

Faustina II (Louvre, Paris)

Faustina II (c.130-176): Roman empress, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Relatives

Father: Antoninus Pius
Mother: Faustina I
Husband: Marcus Aurelius
children:
1. Domitia Faustina (30 November 147 - 151);
2. Titus Aurelius Antoninus (born and died 149);
3. Titus Aelius Aurelius (born and died 149);
4. Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla (149-182; married to Lucius Verus) and Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus;
5. Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina (151-?; married to Gnaeus Claudius Severus)
6. Titus Aelius Antoninus (born and died 152)
7. A son (born and died 157)
8. Fadilla (born 159, died after 192; married to Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus)
9. Cornificia (160; suicide during the reign of Caracalla; married to Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus and Lucius Didius Marinus)
10. Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus (31 August 161-165)
11. and his twin brother Commodus;
12. Marcus Annius Verus (162-169)
13. Hadrianus (born 152, died before 7 March 161);
14. Vibia Aurelia Sabina (170; died during the reign of Caracalla)

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Coin, showing the apotheosis
of Faustina (©!!)

Life:

c.130, 16 February: Born; official name Annia Galeria Faustina
25 February 138: Engaged to Lucius Verus; after July 138, the engagement is ended and Faustina is engaged to Marcus Aurelius
145, 13 May?: Marriage to Marcus Aurelius
176, Early summer: Dies in Halala in the Taurus Mountains
Faustina was buried in the Mausoleum of Hadrian and received divine honors

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