[Date and place of birth unknown. Died A.D. 175.]
The daughter of Antoninus Pius, and wife of Marcus Aurelius, whom she
accompanied into Asia, and there died suddenly. One of the most
abandoned and dissolute of the Roman Empresses, yet her virtuous husband
preserved his first affection for her to the last; and, on the spot
where she died, erected to her honour the city of Faustinopolis.
[From the Capitoline Museum, at Rome. The original is in the marble
called “Paonazzetto” (peacock-stone).]
105A. FAUSTINA.
[This bust, which is from the Florence Collection, bears the name of
“Faustina, Junior.” It is a beautiful bust, well preserved, but bears
little resemblance to the preceding portrait. If it really represent
the same person, the work has been executed by a more flattering
hand.]