Faustina

Faustina, mother and daughter, wives of two of the noblest among the Roman emperors. The elder, Annia Galeria, usually spoken of as Faustina Senior, was the wife of Antoninus Pius, and died 141 A.D.; the younger, known as Faustina Junior, was married to his successor, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, and died at a village near Mount Taurus in 175 A.D. Both, but particularly the younger, were notorious for the profligacy of their lives, yet after their deaths their memories were marked with signal honours by their forgiving husbands. Institutions for the relief of poor girls were founded by both emperors, and were called 'puellæ alimentarie Faustine.'