Cornificia

Cornificia (* 160; † after December 211) was one of the daughters of the Roman emperor Mark Aurel and his wife Faustina . It was named after her aunt Annia Cornificia Faustina, the deceased younger sister of her father. Cornificia married Senator Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus , who was a full consul in 182 and was executed in the period 190-192 on the orders of Cornificia's brother, the Emperor Commodus . Under Emperor Septimius Severus , she married the knight Lucius Didius Marinus for the second time. She became a victim of Caracalla's terrorist policy in old age after she had dared to publicly mourn the violent death of his brother Geta .

literature

Arthur Stein : Cornifius 13. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Col. 1631 f. ( Digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Cornificia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Daughter of the Roman emperor Marc Aurel
DATE OF BIRTH	160
DATE OF DEATH	at 212