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Faustina the Elder

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Faustina the Elder

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Also known as Annia Galeria Faustina, Faustina I, Faustina Major, Faustina Maior, Annia Galeria Faustina Major

Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius

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Tenure
138 – 140
Born
c. 100
Died
late October 140 (aged 40), near Rome , Italy
Burial
Mausoleum of Hadrian
Spouse
Antoninus Pius
Issue
Marcus Aurelius Fulvius Antoninus (died before 138) Marcus Galerius Aurelius Antoninus (died before 138) Aurelia Fadilla (died in 135) Annia Galeria Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger

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DynastyNerva–Antonine FatherMarcus Annius Verus MotherRupilia Faustina

Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I or Faustina Major (c. 100 – late October 140), 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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