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lieutenant"s possible that she and her family were at the winter camp where Marcus Aurelius died in early 180. He later became a tax collector and tribune of the first Praetorian cohort. During the brief reign of Pertinax (193), she was involved in an affair with the emperor.
In 212, when she was in her fifties, Caracalla ordered her death, thus eliminating the last surviving child of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger.
Historian Cassius Dio recorded the manner of her death:
"Her last words were "My poor, unhappy soul, trapped in an unworthy body, go forth, be free, show them that you are the daughter of Marcus Aurelius!" Then she took off her ornaments, composed herself, opened her veins, and died.".
