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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | Copyright information

Faustina , name of two women, wives of Roman emperors. 1 The elder (c.104-141) was the wife of Antoninus Pius , who founded a school for orphan girls in her honor. 2 The younger (c.125-176), daughter of Antoninus Pius and the elder Faustina, was the wife of Marcus Aurelius . She accompanied her husband on most of his campaigns, and she was called Mater Castrorum [mother of the camps] on the coinage.

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