Faustina on this coin celebrating Juno. Antoninus Pius Children    Natural - Faustina the Younger, also one other daughter and two sons, all died before 138    Adoptive - Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius with Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius alone Children    Natural - 13, including Commodus and Lucilla Commodus

Annia Galeria Faustina, better known as Faustina the Elder, (died c. 140) was the wife of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, an aunt of Marcus Aurelius, and mother of Faustina the Younger. The Antonines most often referred to were two successive Roman Emperors who ruled between A.D. 138 and 180: Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, famous for their skilled leadership. ... Image File history File links Denarius-Faustina_the_Elder-RIC_0339a. ... IVNO REGINA (Queen Juno) on a coin celebrating Julia Soaemias. ... Emperor Antoninus Pius Sestertius of Antoninus Pius, with the personification of Italia on reverse. ... Faustina the Younger Annia Galeria Faustina, the Younger, (c. ... Events February 25 - Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius on condition that Antonius would adopt Marcus Annius Aurelius Verus. ... Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ... Lucius Verus Lucius Ceionius Commodus Verus Armeniacus (December 15, 130 - 169), known simply as Lucius Verus, was Roman co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius, from 161 until his death. ... Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ... Lucius Verus Lucius Ceionius Commodus Verus Armeniacus (December 15, 130 - 169), known simply as Lucius Verus, was Roman co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius, from 161 until his death. ... Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ... Coin of Bruttia Crispina Augusta, wife of Commodus. ... Denarius of Lucilla. ... Coin of Bruttia Crispina Augusta, wife of Commodus. ... Events Pope Pius I succeeded Pope Hyginus. ... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Emperor Antoninus Pius Sestertius of Antoninus Pius, with the personification of Italia on reverse. ... Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ... Faustina the Younger Annia Galeria Faustina, the Younger, (c. ...

She was the daughter of the consul Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilia Faustina. Her mother was a half-sister to Roman Empress Vibia Sabina and a daughter to Salonina Matidia (niece of the Roman Emperor Trajan). She married Antoninus around 110. They had two sons and two daughters. She became Augusta upon the accession of her husband. Consul (abbrev. ... Marcus Annius Verus was a Roman man who lived in the first and second century. ... Vibia Sabina was an Empress and wife to Emperor Hadrian. ... This denarius celebrates Matidia Augusta. ... Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (September 18, 53 – August 9, 117), Roman Emperor (98-117), commonly called Trajan, was the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire. ... For other uses, see number 110. ... Augustus (plural augusti) is Latin for majestic or venerable. The feminin form is Augusta. ...

Although the (late and unreliable) Augustan History impugned her character, criticizing her for "excessive frankness" and "levity", she and Antoninus seem to have been happily married until her death in 140 or 141; Antoninus consecrated her and created a new alimenta (charity), the Puellae Faustinianae, in her name. The Augustan History (Lat. ... Events Pope Pius I succeeded Pope Hyginus. ... Events Construction of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in Rome. ... The megalopolis of ancient Rome could never be fed entirely from its own surrounding countryside. ...

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