Faustina, Annia Galeria, Empress, consort of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, -175

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Name (Hebrew)
פאוסטינה, אנה גלריה, הצעירה, בת זוגו של מרקוס אורליוס, קיסר רומי, 115-175
Name (Latin)
Faustina, Annia Galeria, Empress, consort of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, -175
Other forms of name
Faustina, Minor, -175
Faustina, the Younger, -175
Faustina, Annia Galeria, Empress, consort of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, d. 175
Faustina II, Empress, consort of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, -175
Date of birth
0115
Date of death
0175
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 285570581
Wikidata: Q236936
Library of congress: nr 98032223
TAU10: 000575405
Sources of Information
  • Faustina minor - Ehefrau eines Idealkaisers und Mutter eines Tyrannen, 2006:t.p. (Faustina minor)
  • Faustina the Younger, 2021:CIPgalley (Faustina the Younger (AD 130-176) was the daughter of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder; Roman empress, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius and mother to at least eleven imperial children, including the future emperor Commodus)
  • The construction of a dynastic ideal : the second century Augustae in the guise of the goddess Ceres, 1997
  • Oxford classical dict., 1996:p. 99 (Annia Galeria Faustina, daughter of Annia Galeria Faustina (NAFR9021834); d. 175)
  • Levick, B. Faustina I and II, 2014:ECIP galley (Faustina II, (130-175); m. Marcus Aurelius)

Wikipedia description:

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. 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.

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