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Messalina

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Messalina (Valeria Messalina) (mĕsəlī`nə), d. A.D. 48, Roman empress, wife of Claudius I Claudius I (Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus) , 10 B.C.–A.D. 54, Roman emperor (A.D. 41–A.D. 54), son of Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus and thus nephew of Tiberius. When Caligula was murdered (A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. . She was the mother of his children, Britannicus Britannicus (Claudius Tiberius Germanicus Britannicus) , A.D. 41?–A.D. 55, Roman prince, son of Claudius I and Messalina, so called in honor of Claudius' conquests in Britain.
..... Click the link for more information.  and Octavia. Her reputation for greed and lust was supposedly unknown to her husband until, in Claudius' absence, she publicly married her lover Caius Silius. A political plot was apparently involved, and Claudius' secretary Narcissus informed the emperor. Messalina was killed.
Messalina
Valeria . died 48 ad, wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, notorious for her debauchery and cruelty
Messalina
wife of Emperor Claudius of Rome. [Rom. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 701]
See : Promiscuity
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In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice, by some whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty voice, to come in as by chance, so that he may be asked the question upon the other's speech: as Narcissus did, relating to Claudius the marriage of Messalina and Silius.
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What, you talk of debaucheries, Madame Messalina, Lady Macbeth
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If he wedded Messalina, he would be none the less interesting.
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