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Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla, Roman Empress (07 Mar 150 - 182)

A member of the Roman imperial family, she was daughter, sister and wife to three different Roman emperors. She was executed by her brother Commodus for plotting to assassinate him. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-454?rskey=iYdZQR&result=1&q=lucilla Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annia_Aurelia_Galeria_Lucilla Relationships: Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla was a sister of Commodus (Aug 161-31 Dec 192)

Bruttia Crispina (164-191) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla
Faustina II (the Younger) (16 Feb c. 125-130-175) was a mother of Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla
Marcus Aurelius (26 Apr 121-17 Mar 180) was a father of Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla
Lucius Verus (130-169) was a husband of Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla
References in Documents:
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
127 Head of Lucilla the Wife of Ælius. LVCILLA AVGVSTA. Reverse. a Woman sitting one child on her Lap, another at her Knee, a third behind her FECVNDITAS SC Bargrave
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
155 Head of Lucilla Daughter of M. Antoninus & Faustina Wife of Lucius Verus LVCILLA ........ NI AVG F. a Figure standing at an Altar in it's right Hand held out a patera in its left a Spear or Staff. a serpent coming out of the Altar. S.C. SALVS. Casaubon
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
156 another Lucilla much worn and effaced in the Inscriptions. Casaubon
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
157 another Lucilla. Reverse Vesta sitting with a Palladium in her left Hand. In the Exergue VESTA. The Inscriptions on both sides worn & effaced. Bargrave
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 14 Coins of Faustina 1, M. Aurelius 3, Faustina jun. 1, Verus 1, Lucilla 1, Commodus 5, Crispina 1, vide N° 389., 403., 406., 413., 422, 423., 439., 442, 444, 445, 446., 449, 450, and 457 14
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 43 Mar. Aurelius 16, Faustina Aurel. 4, Verus 5, Lucilla 1, vide N° 402, 404, 405., 407 to 411, 414 to 417, 419 to 421, 426 to 429, 432 to 436, 441 27
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Lucilla Lucii Veri. 1.