Crispina

Family

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  daughter of Gaius Bruttius Praesens, a former consul
• daughter of Laberia Marcia Hostilia Crispina Moecia Cornelia
• a brother Lucius Brutius Quintius Crispinus

Life

• Date of birth not recorded
• Summer 178: Marries to Commodus
• 180: Second consulship of Gaius Bruttius Praesens; death of Marcus Aurelius; accession of Commodus
• 181 Conspiracy of Lucilla
• 182: Possible pregnancy
• 187: Consulship of her brother Lucius Bruttius Quintius Crispinus
• 192: Accused of adultery, she is exiled to Capri
• 192, 31 December: Commodus killed
• 193 Crispina is murdered; Damnatio Memoriae

The Historia Augusta and Cassius Dio suggest that Commodus exiled his wife after the conspiracy of Lucilla,^note[Historia Augusta, Commodus 5.9 and Cassius Dio, Roman History 72.4.6.] but several inscriptions prove that she was still in favor.^note[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 8.16530 (Theveste, 185); CIL 3.12487 (Neatarnarea, 187); CIL 8.22689 (Sabratha, 192).]