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Messalina, Valeria

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Born: 22 AD
Died: 48 AD, at 26 years of age.

Nationality: Roman
Categories: Empress

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22 - Born into a patrician family. The third wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, notorious for licentious behaviour and instigating murderous court intrigues.

38 - She was married to her second cousin, Claudius before he became emperor. They had two children, Octavia (later Nero's wife) and Britannicus.

41 - Claudius was proclaimed Emperor by the Praetorian Guard and thus as Claudius' wife, Messalina became Empress.

47 - She unilaterally declared herself divorced from Claudius and married Gaius Silius, the consul-elect, in a private but proper ceremony.

48 - Messalina conspired with Gaius Silius to kill Claudius while her husband was in Ostia.

         - She was put to death by Claudius.





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