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Also known as Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla

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.

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Born
20 November 1919
Died
3 October 2006
Works
79

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Origin
Australia

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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
Capri, Italy
Royalty.title
Augusta
Royalty.full name
Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla
Royalty.regnal name
Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla Augusta

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Wikidata facts

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Montemartini - Lucilla 1170349.JPG
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Commons category
Annia Lucilla
date of birth
0150-03-07
date of death
0182-00-00
name in native language
Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla
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  • 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.

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