Domitia Lucilla
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Domitia Lucilla Minor sometimes known as Domitia Calvilla or Lucilla (died 155-161), was a noble Roman woman who lived in the 2nd century.

Lucilla was the daughter of Domitia Lucilla Major (Major Latin for the elder) and the patrician Publius Domitius Calvisius Tullus Ruso and was a niece to Lucanus Domitius. The maternal grandfather of the younger Lucilla, Lucius Catilius Severus served as twice consul and became city Prefect
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. Lucilla’s father served as consul in 109 and the date of his second consulship is unknown.

Lucilla through her mother had inherited a great fortune and had acquired her mother’s wealth. Her inheritance included a tile and brick factory near Rome
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 and was close to the river Tiber
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. The factory provided bricks to Rome’s most famous monuments including the Colosseum
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, Pantheon
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 and the Market of Trajan. The factory sold bricks to France
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, Spain
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, North Africa
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 and all over the Mediterranean.

Lucilla married Marcus Annius Verus
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, a praetor
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, who came from a wealthy senatorial family. Verus’ sister Faustina the Elder
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 was a Roman Empress and married the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius
Antoninus Pius
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. Verus was a nephew to Roman Empress Vibia Sabina
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 and his maternal grandmother was Salonina Matidia
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Salonina Matidia was the daughter and only child of Ulpia Marciana and wealthy praetor Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus. Her maternal uncle was the Roman emperor Trajan. Trajan had no children and treated her like his daughter...

 (niece of Roman Emperor Trajan
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).

With Verus, they had two children, a son, the future Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (26 April 121) and a daughter Annia Cornificia Faustina
Annia Cornificia Faustina
Annia Cornificia Faustina was the youngest child and only daughter to Praetor Marcus Annius Verus and Domitia Lucilla. The parents of Cornificia came from wealthy senatorial families who were of consular rank. She was born and raised in Rome. The brother of Cornificia was the future Roman Emperor...

 (122/123-between 152-158). In 124, her husband died. Her children were raised by herself and they were adopted by her father-in-law. Marcus Aurelius would later inherit the tile and brick factory.

In Lucilla’s household, the future Roman Emperor Didius Julianus
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 was educated there and through her support he was able to start his legal career. Lucilla was a lady of considerable wealth and influence. In his Meditations
Meditations
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, Marcus Aurelius describes her as a ‘pious and generous’ person, who lived a simple life (1.3n). She spent her final years living with her son in Rome.

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