The Empire
Faustina the Younger
She was empress and traveled with the army.
Years. About AD 130 to AD 175
We are not sure. Her birth year is about AD 130. Stories of scandal are uncertain and unkind.
Three short facts
- 1She married Marcus Aurelius.
- 2She was named mother of the army camps.
- 3Coins showed her again and again.
The story
Faustina spent years near the frontier with her husband.
Soldiers honored her.
She had many children.
One son, Commodus, later became emperor.
She died at a camp town in Asia Minor.