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Do you remember Annia Galeria Faustina, wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius?  She died about 45-50 years old in the winter of 175 at the military camp in Halala (a city in the Taurus Mountains in Cappadocia)  The facts concerning the death of Faustina are not definite.  The causes of her death are of speculation of scholars and range from death from natural causes, suicide, an accident, or even possibly assassination in retaliation for her alleged affair with Cassius earlier that year, depending on the source. Aurelius grieved much for his wife and buried her in the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome.                                                 She was deified: her statue was placed in the Temple of Venus in Rome and a temple was dedicated to her in her honor.                             ...