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Annia Galeria Faustina Minor was Roman empress from 161 to her death in 175. She was the daughter of the emperor Antoninus Pius and the empress Faustina the Elder. Antoninus was adopted as the heir of the emperor Hadrian in 138. He took the throne upon Hadrian's death that year. Antoninus adopted his nephew Marcus Annius Verus, giving him the name Marcus Aurelius, and betrothed Marcus to his daughter Faustina. Marcus and Faustina married in 145. Upon the death of Antoninus, Marcus took the throne.