Faustina the Elder

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Lived from 100 CE to 140 CE

Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. The emperor Marcus Aurelius was her nephew and later became her adopted son, along with Emperor Lucius Verus. She died early in the principate of Antoninus Pius, but continued to be prominently commemorated as a diva, posthumously playing a prominent symbolic role during his reign.

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Lived from 100 CE to 140 CE

Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. The emperor Marcus Aurelius was her nephew and later became her adopted son, along with Emperor Lucius Verus. She died early in the principate of Antoninus Pius, but continued to be prominently commemorated as a diva, posthumously playing a prominent symbolic role during his reign.

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Subject ID: 123552