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Lucilla
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<p>Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (7 March 148 or 150 – 182) was the second daughter of <a href="/facts/Roman_emperor/sT4nFc67">Roman emperor</a> <a href="/facts/Marcus_Aurelius/b5uSRbqh">Marcus Aurelius</a> and Roman empress <a href="/facts/Faustina_the_Younger/z8r4h1Xy">Faustina the Younger</a>. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother <a href="/facts/Lucius_Verus/1tAYSqRj">Lucius Verus</a> and an elder sister to later emperor <a href="/facts/Commodus/5dlnQE7v">Commodus</a>. Commodus ordered Lucilla's execution after a failed assassination and <a href="/facts/Coup_d%2527%25C3%25A9tat/eUK9HBw7">coup</a> attempt when she was about 33 years old. </p>