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Her downfall, according to Tacitus (who wasn't born at the time), was precipitated by her bigamous wedding to a handsome senator in a Bacchanalian orgy while her husband, the emperor Claudius,.
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Valeria Messalina, Emperer Claudius. Messalina in a coin minted in Crete, c. AD 42. aleria Messalina born ca. 17/20 Died 48 ), sometimes spelled "Messallina," was the third wife of the Emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of the later Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus.
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Valeria Messalina ( Latin: [waˈlɛria mɛssaːˈliːna]; c. 17/20-48) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus.
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The known history of Messalina really starts in 38 AD when she married the future emperor of the Roman Empire, Tiberius Claudius. Their family roots made them cousins, and their marriage was more due to their families' interests for the empire than directed by love. Was Messalina a Murderess?
Valeria Messalina with her son Britannicus Paris, Louvre Museum.
Valeria Messalina was a cousin of Claudius and there was quite an age difference between them. He was born in 10 BCE, while she was born in c. 20 CE. This thirty year age gap may go some way to explaining the character of the marriage as it developed over time. The two were married in circa 38 CE (maybe even earlier), prior to Claudius.
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This man was Claudius, uncle of the emperor. Claudius' main assets were his membership in the royal family and his good standing with Caligula, who allowed him to participate in the administration of the empire.
Cameo “Claudius and Messalina on a chariot”. Paris, National Library of
Gaius Silius (c. AD 13 - 48) was a Roman senator who was nominated as consul designate for 49 AD, but was executed by the emperor Claudius for his affair with the empress Valeria Messalina . Biography The son of Gaius Silius, Silius was described by the ancient sources as an intelligent, noble and attractive man. [1]
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Messalina Valeria (born before ad 20—died 48) third wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, notorious for licentious behaviour and instigating murderous court intrigues. The great-granddaughter of Augustus's sister, Octavia, on both her father's and mother's sides, she was married to Claudius before he became emperor (39 or 40).
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Claudius and Messalina A cameo, made around A.D. 45, shows the imperial couple on a chariot sowing abundance across the empire. Erich Lessing/Album Valeria Messalina was at most 18 in A.D. 38.
Scene from the Wedding of Messalina and Gaius Silius, possibly an
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina Robert Graves 4.21 14,894 ratings734 reviews With the same brilliance that characterized his classic I, Claudius, Robert Graves continues the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emperor in spite of himself and his handicaps.
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Messalina was an empress of the Roman empire and the third wife of the emperor Claudius, ruling between 41 and 48 AD.
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Messalina is most famous for her sexual immorality. Suetonius and Tacitus record that she had many lovers behind her husband's back. Indeed these sexual intrigues were her undoing. Messalina reputedly fell so in love with the consul elect, Silius, that she reputedly divorced Claudius without his knowledge and married her lover. But Claudius.
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When Claudius met the young, nubile Messalina, he was actually already married. He must have been truly smitten by the girl though, because he promptly divorced his wife for seemingly no other reason than to be with Messalina. And if you think those man-eating ways stopped once Messalina had an engagement ring, well, read on. Shutterstock 4.
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Messalina, who married Claudius when she was just a teenager, would prove instrumental in her rise to prominence as the wife of Emperor Claudius and the mother of his children, Britannicus and Claudia Octavia. Her marriage to Claudius connected her to Emperor Tiberius, as Claudius was Tiberius' grand-nephew.
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In 38 CE (dates vary) Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus —known to history as Claudius— married his second cousin, Valeria Messalina. This was not a marriage made in heaven; some even claim she only married him to align herself with one of the most powerful families in the empire.
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ILS 9339, line 6, shows Pompeius still bearing the cognomen 'Magnus', and appointed to a priesthood in 40, so his eclipse can only have lasted a few months); it could have been at the same time as Claudius' marriage to Messalina, but modern opinion is unanimous that it happened in 41, immediately before the marriage.
