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Personal data Annia Galeria Faustina Minor "Matri Castrorum (Mother of the Camp)" 

• Nickname is Matri Castrorum (Mother of the Camp).
• She was born about 125 in Rome, ItalyRome.
• She died about 175 in Halala, Cappadocia.
• A child of Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius and Annia Galeria Faustina Major Galeria FAUSTINA 1ST
• This information was last updated on May 10, 2012.

Household of Annia Galeria Faustina Minor "Matri Castrorum (Mother of the Camp)"

She is married to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Roman Emperor Roman Emperor.

They got married on May 13, 145 at Italy.

Child(ren):

1. Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus  161-192 
2. Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla  ± 148-± 181 

Notes about Annia Galeria Faustina Minor "Matri Castrorum (Mother of the Camp)"

{geni:occupation} "The Younger", Roman Empress, aka Annia Faustina II `the Younger'

{geni:about_me} Annia Galeria Faustina Minor (Minor Latin for the younger), Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger (February 16 between 125 and 130-175) was a daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder. She was a Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Though Roman sources give a generally negative view of her character, she was held in high esteem by soldiers and her own husband and was given divine honours after her death.

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1 Biography
2 Nerva–Antonine family tree
3 Footnotes
4 References
5 Sources

[edit] BiographyFaustina, named after her mother, was her parents' fourth and youngest child and their second daughter; she was also their only child to survive to adulthood. She was born and raised in Rome.

Her great uncle, the Emperor Hadrian, had arranged with her father for Faustina to marry Lucius Verus. On February 25, 138, she and Verus were betrothed. Verus’ father was Hadrian’s first adopted son and his intended heir. However when Verus’ father died, Hadrian chose Faustina’s father to be his second adopted son, and eventually, he became Hadrian’s successor. Faustina’s father ended the engagement between his daughter and Verus and arranged for Faustina's betrothal to her maternal cousin, Marcus Aurelius; Aurelius was also adopted by her father. On May 13, 145, Faustina and Marcus Aurelius were married. When her father died on March 7, 161, her husband and Lucius Verus succeeded to her father’s throne and became co-rulers. Faustina was given the title of Augusta and became Empress.

Unfortunately, not much has survived from the Roman sources regarding Faustina's life, but what is available does not give a good report. Cassius Dio and the Augustan History accuse Faustina of ordering deaths by poison and execution; she has also been accused of instigating the revolt of Avidius Cassius against her husband. The Augustan History mentions adultery with sailors, gladiators, and men of rank. However, Faustina and Aurelius seem to have been very close and mutually devoted. Her husband trusted her and defended her vigorously against detractors.

Faustina accompanied her husband on various military campaigns and enjoyed the love and reverence of Roman soldiers. Aurelius gave her the title of Mater Castrorum or Mother of the Camp. She attempted to make her home out of an army camp. Between 170-174, she was in the north, and in 175, she accompanied Aurelius to the east. However, these experiences took their toll on Faustina, who died in the winter of 175, after an accident, at the military camp in Halala (a city in the Taurus Mountains in Cappadocia).

Aurelius grieved much for his wife and buried her in the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome. She was deified: her statue was placed in the Temple of Venus in Rome and a temple was dedicated to her in her honor. Halala’s name was changed to Faustinopolis and Aurelius opened charity schools for orphan girls called Puellae Faustinianae or 'Girls of Faustina'.[1] The Baths of Faustina in Miletus are named after her.

In their thirty years of marriage, Faustina bore Marcus Aurelius thirteen children:

1.Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina (147-after 165)
2.Gemellus Lucillae (died around 150), twin brother of Lucilla
3.Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla (148/50-182), twin sister of Gemellus, married her father's co-ruler Lucius Verus
4.Titus Aelius Antoninus (born after 150, died before 7 March 161)
5.Titus Aelius Aurelius (born after 150, died before 7 March 161)
6.Hadrianus (152-157)
7.Domitia Faustina (born after 150, died before 7 March 161)
8.Annia Aurelia Fadilla (159-after 211)
9.Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor (160-after 211)
10.Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus (161-165), twin brother of Commodus
11.Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (Commodus) (161-192), twin brother of Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus, later emperor
12.Marcus Annius Verus Caesar (162-169)
13.Vibia Aurelia Sabina (170-died before 217)
[edit] Nerva–Antonine family tree(1) = 1st spouse
(2) = 2nd spouse (not shown)
(3) = 3rd spouse
SMALL CAPS = posthumously deified (Augusti, Augustae, or other)
dotted lines indicate adoption or (in the case of Hadrian and Antinous) alleged lovers

Marcia TRAJANUS PATER NERVA (r. 96-98) Ulpia

MARCIANA TRAJAN, adoptive son (r. 98-117) PLOTINA

Aelius Afer Paulina Major

Libo Rupilius Frugi (3) MATIDIA L. Vibius Sabinus (1)

Rupilia Annia M. Annius Verus Rupilia Faustina SABINA HADRIAN, adoptive son (r. 117-138) ANTINOUS Paulina Minor

Domitia Lucilla M. Annius Verus M. Annius Libo FAUSTINA ANTONINUS PIUS, adoptive son (r. 138-161) Aelius, adoptive son Julia Paulina

Cornificia MARCUS AURELIUS, adoptive son (r. 161-180) FAUSTINA Iunior Aurelia Fadilla two infant sons Salinator

VERUS, adoptive son (r. 161-169)

Fadilla Cornificia COMMODUS (r. 177-192) nine other children Lucilla

[edit] Footnotes1.^ Historia Augusta, Life of Marcus Aurelius 26.4-9.
[edit] ReferencesScriptores Historiae Augustae, Julius Capitolinus, Marcus Antoninis xix.1-9, xxvi.4-5, 7-9, xxix.1-3

[edit] Sources Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Faustina Minor

http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/faustina/faustina_ii.html
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Annia_Galeria_Faustina
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/historia/coins/r3/r1321.htm
http://www.roman-emperors.org/marcaur.htm
http://www.johnbmcnamara.com/cpr027.htm
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Faustina%20Junior
Royal titles
Preceded by
Annia Galeria Faustina Maior Empress of Rome
161–175
(with Lucilla 164–169) Succeeded by
Bruttia Crispina
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