Career
She was a sister to Roman Empress Lucilla and Roman Emperor Commodus. Aurelia Sabina could have been born in Sirmium, Pannonia. Rupilia Faustina was the paternal grandmother of Marcus Aurelius and the maternal grandmother Faustina the Younger.
After Aurelia Sabina married Antistius Burrus in Rome, they returned and settled in Thibilis.
In 188 AD, Antistius Burrus was involved in a conspiracy against Commodus. He was one of various Roman Senators in this conspiracy.
When this conspiracy was uncovered, Antistius Burrus was put to death. Prominent Italian resident in Roman Africa
But she was not involved and survived, remaining to live in Roman Africa.
Aurelia Sabina spent her remaining years in Thibilis.
lieutenant appears from her marriages that she had no children. Due to her status; the status of her family and her connections, Aurelia Sabina became a prominent Italian resident in North Africa. According to surviving inscriptions found in Thibilis, Aurelia Sabina became an important "patrona" in Thibilis and the citizens of Thibilis made Aurelia Sabina an honorary citizen.
Even the nearby romano-berber city of Calama () was promoted to Roman colonia, while sponsored by Vibia Aurelia Sabina, sister of the Emperor Commodus.
She was the official Roman Patrona of Calama.
