Bruttia Crispina

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Coin issued in the name of Bruttia Crispina
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Coin issued in the name of Bruttia Crispina

Bruttia Crispina (d. 183 or 192) was wife of the Roman Emperor Commodus and Augusta of the Roman Empire.

Daughter of C. Bruttius Praesens L. Fuluius Rusticus, a consul under Antoninus Pius from the Bruttius family, Crispina married Commodus in 177, by will of his father Marcus Aurelius. Few years later (182 according to Cassius Dio, possibly 187), Crispina was accused of adultery (or treachery), exiled in Capri and later murdered (183 or 192).