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Bruttia Crispina
Roman empress from 178 to 191
Bruttia Crispina (164 – 191 AD) was Roman empress from 178 to 191 as the consort of Roman emperorCommodus.[1] Her marriage to Commodus did not produce an heir, and her husband was instead succeeded by Pertinax.
Bruttia crispina biography of michael
Family
Crispina came from an illustrious aristocratic family and was the daughter of twice consulGaius Bruttius Praesens[2] and his wife Valeria.[3] Crispina's paternal grandparents were consul and senator Gaius Bruttius Praesens and the rich heiress Laberia Hostilia Crispina, daughter of twice consul, Manius Laberius Maximus.
Crispina's brother was future consul Lucius Bruttius Quintius Crispinus. Her father's family originally came from Volceii, Lucania, Italy and were closely associated with the Roman emperors Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.
Empress
Crispina married the sixteen-year-old Commodus in the summer of 178 and brought him, as a dowry, a large number