Lucilla

Coin of Lucilla
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Lucilla (149-181): name of a Roman empress, married to Lucius Verus (ruled 161-169).

Relatives:

Father: Marcus Aurelius
Mother: Faustina II
First husband: Lucius Verus

Daughter: Aurelia Lucilla (married to Claudius Pompeianus Quintianus)

Second husband: Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus

Son: Pompeianus

Life

7 March 149: Daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II; full name Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla
Spring 161: Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus become emperor
Spring 161: Engaged to Lucius Verus
163: Marriage to Lucius Verus, in Ephesus
166: Birth of a daughter Aurelia Lucilla
169: Death of Lucius Verus; second marriage to Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus
170 (or later): Birth of a son Pompeianus
180: Death of Marcus Aurelius; accession of Commodus
181: Lucilla accused of an attempt to kill Commodus; she is sent in exile to Capri, where she is executed

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