History of my birthday

On March 7th 161 the death of Antoninus Pius had died of fever of children. Out of the five great gods, Antoninus Pius was a roman emperor from 138 to 161. Antoninus was 70 and found it difficult to keep himself upright and didn’t have much an appetite, only nibbling on dry bread to give him some energy to stay awake in the mornings. Antoninus was born into a senatorial family and held various offices during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, who also adopted Antoninus as his son shortly before his death. Antoninus Pius was married to Annia Galeria having a happy marriage, having four children, two boys, and two girls. Since Annia Galeria Faustina was involved in assisting charities for the poor and sponsoring and assisting in the education of Roman children, particularly girls when she passed Antonius Pius was devastated. To honour her memory, he had the Senate worship her and dedicated the Temple of Faustina to her in the Roman Forman. Multiple gold and silver statues were made of her, He had ordered various coins with her portrait, he also opened a charity called Puellae Fausrinianae, which translates to girls of Faustina to assist orphaned roman girls and created a new alimenta.

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