Annia Cornificia Faustina

Annia Cornificia Faustina (122/123-between 152-158) was the youngest child and only daughter to the praetor Marcus Annius Verus and Domitia Lucilla. The parents of Cornificia came from wealthy senatorial families who were of consular rank. Her brother was the future Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, and both were born and raised in Rome.

History

In 124, the father of Cornificia died and she and her brother were raised by their mother and their paternal grandfather, the Roman Senator Marcus Annius Verus, who died in 138. Relations between her and her brother appeared to be good. Before Cornificia had married, she had settled her paternal inheritance with her brother.

Ronald Syme identifies her husband as one of the suffect consuls in 146, recorded in the Fasti Ostienses as Gaius Annianus Verus, but whom he claims had the full name of Gaius Ummidius Quadratus Annianus Verus. He was descended from one of the leading aristocratic and political influential families in Rome and was a direct descendant of the late suffect consul Gaius Ummidius Durmius Quadratus, one time suffect consul.^[1]

Cornificia bore Annianus Verus two children:

Nerva–Antonine family tree

Sources

Marcus Aurelius, by Anthony Richard Birley, Routledge, 2000
From Tiberius to the Antonines: a history of the Roman Empire AD 14-192, by Albino Garzetti, 1974
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Augustan History – Marcus Aurelius

References

↑ Syme, "The Ummidii", Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, 17 (1968), pp. 98f

External links

Statue Bust of Annia Cornificia Faustina from a Portuguese Historical Site

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[2] Sister of Trajan's father: Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[giac8-3] Giacosa (1977), p. 8.

[lev161-4] 1 2 Levick (2014), p. 161.

[5] Husband of Ulpia Marciana: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[giac7-6] 1 2 Giacosa (1977), p. 7.

[DIR_hadrian-7] 1 2 3 DIR contributor (Herbert W. Benario, 2000), "Hadrian".

[giac9-8] 1 2 Giacosa (1977), p. 9.

[9] Husband of Salonia Matidia: Levick (2014), p. 161.

[Smith_Servianus-10] Smith (1870), "Julius Servianus".

[11] Suetonius a possible lover of Sabina: One interpretation of HA Hadrianus 11:3

[Smith_1870a_p._319-12] Smith (1870), "Hadrian", pp. 319–322.

[13] Lover of Hadrian: Lambert (1984), p. 99 and passim; deification: Lamber (1984), pp. 2–5, etc.

[14] Julia Balbilla a possible lover of Sabina: A. R. Birley (1997), Hadrian, the Restless Emperor, p. 251, cited in Levick (2014), p. 30, who is sceptical of this suggestion.

[15] Husband of Rupilia Faustina: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[lev163-16] 1 2 3 4 Levick (2014), p. 163.

[lev162-17] 1 2 3 4 Levick (2014), p. 162.

[lev164-18] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Levick (2014), p. 164.

[19] Wife of M. Annius Verus: Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[20] Wife of M. Annius Libo: Levick (2014), p. 163.

[giac10-21] 1 2 3 4 5 Giacosa (1977), p. 10.

[22] The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.

[23] Husband of Ceionia Fabia: Levick (2014), p. 164.

[lev117-24] 1 2 3 Levick (2014), p. 117.

[1] Syme, "The Ummidii", Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, 17 (1968), pp. 98f