Lucilla

Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (7 March 148 or 150 – 182) was the second daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother Lucius Verus and an elder sister to later Emperor Commodus. Commodus ordered Lucilla's execution after a failed assassination and coup attempt when she was about 33 years old.

Lucilla
Augusta
Marble statue of Lucilla depicted as Ceres, 150–200 AD (Bardo National Museum, Tunisia)
Roman empress
Tenure164 – 169
Born7 March, between 148 and 150
Rome, Italy
Died182 (aged 32–34)
Capri, Italy
Spouse
(m. 164, died 169)
    (m. 169)
    Issue
    Names
    Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla
    Regnal name
    Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla Augusta
    HouseNerva–Antonine Dynasty
    FatherMarcus Aurelius
    MotherFaustina the Younger
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