Sources-The empresses and women's power-The succession to Hadrian-The Faustinas as empresses, 138-75-Public and private in the dynasty-The deified Faustinas: association, assimilation, and consecration-Faustina's children and the end of the Antonines.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; ONE Sources; TWO The Empresses and Women's Power; THREE The Succession to Hadrian; FOUR The Faustinas as Empresses, 138-175; FIVE Public and Private in the Dynasty; SIX The Deified Faustinas: Association, Assimilation, and Consecration; SEVEN Faustina's Children and the End of the Antonines; Who's Who; Family Trees; Abbreviations; Chronology; Notes; Glossary; A; C; D; F; I; K; L; M; P; Q; S; T; Bibliography; Persons Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; X; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K.
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The Roman empress Faustina the Elder (c. 97-140) and her daughter Faustina II (c. 130-175) have been subject to criticism from the earliest records, described in turn as fickle, unfaithful, and treasonous. Yet their husbands, the emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, have reputations as golden as that of the whole Antonine age and seem, by and large, to have thought favorably of them as prolific mothers, loyal spouses, and useful complements to the military and political proceedings of the empire. On the most basic level of lineage and procreation, the two women were naturally important.