Faustina the Younger

Faustina the Younger
Augusta
Bust, c. 161 AD
Roman empress
Tenure7 March 161 – 175
(alongside Lucilla from 164–169)
Bornc. 130
Rome, Italy
Died175/76 (aged c. 45)
Halala, Cappadocia
Burial
Spouse
(m. 145)
Issue
Among others
Lucilla
Faustina
Fadilla
Cornificia Faustina minor
Commodus
Annius Verus
Sabina
Names
Annia Galeria Faustina Minor
Regnal name
Annia Galeria Faustina Augusta Minor
DynastyNerva–Antonine
FatherAntoninus Pius
MotherFaustina the Elder

Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger (c. 130 AD,[1][4] – 175/176 AD)[5] 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.

  1. ^ Levick (2014), p. 170, gives the year of her birth as 130–132.
  2. ^ Feriale Duranum 3.7.
  3. ^ Inscriptiones Italiae 13(02): 43.
  4. ^ The Feriale Duranum records the birthday of Diva Faustina as 20–22 September (between 10 and 12 days before the kalends of October).[2] However, this could be either Faustina II or her mother Faustina I. A Roman inscription records the birthday of Faustinae uxoris Antonini as 16 February (14 days before the kalends of March).[3] The text could refer to either Faustina II, who married Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, or Faustina I, who married Antoninus Pius.
  5. ^ Levick 2014, p. 172.