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Poppaea Sabina
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Poppaea Sabina (pŏpē`ə səbī`nə), d. A.D. 65, Roman empress, wife of Nero Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar) , A.D. 37–A.D. 68, Roman emperor (A.D. 54–A.D. 68). He was originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and was the son of Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul in A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. . While married to Otho Otho, Marcus Salvius , A.D. 32–A.D. 69, Roman emperor (Jan.–April, A.D. 69). He was a friend of Nero, and his wife, Poppaea Sabina, became Nero's mistress; Otho was repaid (A.D. 58) with the province of Lusitania. In A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. , her second husband, she became mistress of Nero, whom she finally married in A.D. 62. She had great influence over Nero, inducing him to have his mother (Agrippina II), his former wife (Octavia), and the philosopher Seneca killed. One story has it that in a fit of temper Nero kicked her to death.
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we hit him with Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppaea, a sexy, secular opera written in 1642, but which feels as if it was written a week last Thursday.
Life, the universe and Kensington by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
14) Likewise Tacitus observes that Augustus sought to relax the Papia Poppaea, which forbade marriages between classes, "to increase the penalties on celibacy and augment the treasury, but marriage and the rearing of children was not increased thereby, so attractive was childlessness.
A dawsonian view of patriarchy by Young, R.V. / Modern Age
She also starred in Ancient Rome as Poppaea opposite Hollywood heavyweight Michael Sheen.
I loved Bobby.. until he tried to eat me; EXCLUSIVE BRAVEHEART STAR ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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