Messalina

Messalina (Louvre, Paris)

Valeria Messalina (c.25-48): name of a Roman empress, wife of the emperor Claudius.

Life

c.25 Born as the daughter of Marcus Valerius Barbatus and Domitia Lepida
39 Marries Claudius
40 Birth of Octavia
41 Death of Caligula; accession of Claudius; birth of Britannicus
42 Fall of Gaius Appius Iunius Silanus; fall of Julia Livilla
43 Overseer of the Vestal Virgins; fall of Julia Drusila and Catonius Justus
47 Fall of Valerius Asiaticus, Mnester, and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
48 Divorce from Claudius; marriage to Gaius Sillius; executed
Damnatio memoriae

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