Faustina is the name of several prominent women in history. Two notable women of the Roman Empire, a mother and daughter, both wives of emperors, were named Annia Galeria Faustina, and are normally distinguished as "elder" and "younger": The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ...
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Faustina went with Aurelius on his campaign to the north (170-174) and then to the East, where she died (175).
Aurelius consecrated her and founded a new alimenta (charity) in her name: the second Puellae Faustinianae (a first one of that name was founded by Antoninus Pius in remembrance of Faustina the Elder).
The Baths of Faustina in Miletus are named after her.
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