Lucilla
Sign in to savethumb|A female bust, possibly depicting Lucilla, 160-180 AD Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (7 March 148 or 150 – 182) was the second daughter of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman empress Faustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother Lucius Verus and an elder sister to later emperor Commodus. Commodus ordered Lucilla's execution after a failed assassination and coup attempt when she was about 33 years old.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 20 November 1919
- Died
- 3 October 2006
- Works
- 79
Top works
- The Light in the Ward
- Nurse Errant
- One Night in London
- No Time for Romance
- No time for romance
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- Listeners
- 3,750
- Total plays
- 116,921
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Lucilla
- Royalty.image
- Statue of Lucilla detail.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Marble statue of Lucilla depicted as Ceres, 150–200 AD (Bardo National Museum, Tunisia)
- Royalty.succession
- Roman empress
- Royalty.reign
- 164 – 169
- Royalty.consort
- yes
- Royalty.house
- Nerva–Antonine Dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Marcus Aurelius
- Royalty.mother
- Faustina the Younger
- Royalty.birth_date
- 7 March, between 148 and 150
- Royalty.birth_place
- Rome, Italy
- Royalty.death_date
- 182 (aged 32–34)
- Royalty.death_place
Key dates
- Born
- 7 March 150
- Died
- 182
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Rome
- Place of death
- Capri
- Father
- Marcus Aurelius
- Mother
- Faustina the Younger
- Occupation
- ruler
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Marriages and ascension to Empress
- Rise of Commodus
- Plot to assassinate Commodus
- In popular culture
- References
- Further reading
thumb|A female bust, possibly depicting Lucilla, 160-180 AD Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (7 March 148 or 150 – 182) was the second daughter of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman empress Faustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother Lucius Verus and an elder sister to later emperor Commodus. Commodus ordered Lucilla's execution after a failed assassination and coup attempt when she was about 33 years old.
==Early life== Born and raised in Rome into the empire's ruling family, Lucilla was a younger twin with her elder brother Gemellus Lucillae, who died around 150. Lucilla's maternal grandparents were Roman emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman empress Faustina the Elder and her paternal grandparents were Domitia Lucilla and praetor Marcus Annius Verus.