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Originally promised by Hadrian to Lucius Verus, Atoninus betrothed her to his cousin Marcus Aurelius in 139; they married in 145. She was raised to an Augusta the following year.

She was said to have had a lively personality, but the late and unreliable Augustan History impugns her character, relating stories of adultery with sailors and gladiatorThis article is about the Roman professional fighters. For the Russell Crowe movie, see Gladiator (2000 movie). For the insect, see Gladiator (insect). 1872 painting by Jean-Leon Gerome, is a well known history painter's researched conception of a gladiats, suggesting that Commodus was either the son of a gladiator (as explanation for his interest in gladiatorial combat), or that Faustina washed herself with the blood of an executed gladiator and then lay with Aurelius in that state.

Faustina went with Aurelius on his campaign to the north ( 170Alternate uses, see Number 170''. Events Births Deaths Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate (approximate date) An Shih Kao, Buddhist missionary 170.- 174Events Pausanias visites the site of Helike. Births Deaths Pope Soter 174.) and then to the East, where she died (175). Aurelius consecrated her and founded a second Puellae Faustinianae in her name.