Brutia Crispin ( lat. Bruttia Crispina ; , - , ) is the wife of the Roman emperor Commodus [1] .
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Life Story
Descended from the noble family of Brutia . Daughter of Guy Brutty Prezent, 153 consul , and Crispine Laberia. Brother Crispina was the future consul, Lucius Bruttius Quintius Crispin . Her father’s family is from Wolzey, Lucania , Italy and was closely associated with the Roman emperors Trajan , Adrian , Antonin Pius and Marcus Aurelius . Crispina was born and raised in Rome or Wolze.
The emperor Marcus Aurelius in the summer of 178 entered into a marriage between Brutus Crispina and his son Commodus. This was done according to the plan of the emperor, which was intended to link the outstanding Roman military with the imperial family.
The marriage was concluded in the summer of 178, that is, before sending the emperor and father Crispina to a new military campaign in the Alps. The newlyweds were the same age, at the time of the wedding, Commodus was 17 years old, Crispine is probably not much less. For that time, this age difference was extremely small. Crispina’s marriage could not produce an heir due to the inability of her husband [2] , which led to a dynastic inheritance crisis.
Immediately after the wedding, Crispina received the title of Augusta [3] . But the position of Brutia was shaken after the attempt on Commodus in 182 by Mark Ummidy of Annian Square . Commodus survived, executed Ummidia and at the same time took his mistress Marcia to him. After that, Marcia actually became the emperor's wife, pushing Augustus aside [4] .
For several years after the appearance of Marcia, the marriage of Brutia Crispina and Commodus was officially considered successful and exemplary, the real state of affairs was not put to the public [4] .
In 187, the Commodus, who allowed himself the most sophisticated perversions, accused his wife of adultery [4] . In the same year, Brutia Crispin was sent into exile on the island of Capri , and in 191, on the orders of Commodus, was killed [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Boatwright, Mary T. Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire. - Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. - p. 64. - ISBN 9780691094939 .
- ↑ Ward, Allen M. Ward, Fritz M. Heichelheim, Cedric A. Yeo. - 4th. - Prentice Hall, 2003. - P. 379. - ISBN 9780130384805 .
- ↑ Varner, Eric R. Monumenta Graeca et Romana. damnatio memoriae and roman imperial portraiture. - Brill, 2004. - P. 152. - ISBN 9789004135772 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Crispina - Gallery of the Roman Empresses . www.e-reading.by. The appeal date is March 13, 2019.
- ↑ Kean, Roger Michael. Michael Kean, Oliver Frey. - Thalamus, 2005. - p. 100.
Sources
- Hekster, O. (2002), Commodus: An Emperor at the Crossroads, Gieben, pp. 71-72