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Valeria Messalina 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. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot. Her notorious reputation may have resulted from polit…
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politics · Roman empress from AD 41 to 48 · politician · also Messalina, Valeria Messallina, Lycisca
Born 0020 · Died 1 January 0048 · Q229871
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Veja: ‘Messalina teve um enorme impacto na história de sua época’, diz historiadora britânica
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The theme was updated by Benjamin Askew in his UK play In Bed With Messalina, which features her final hours
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“Opis: o nielegalnych zaślubinach Messaliny z Gajuszem Siliuszem, które zawarte bez wiedzy Klaudiusza miały być zarzewiem przewrotu.”
Failed, but they were adapted into a very successful TV series in 1976
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Jeanne Dhasty in the Nancy (1903) and Algiers (1907) productions, Charlotte Wyns (1868–c
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Authored by Algernon Sydney Logan (1849–1925), who had liberal views on sex
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It was made a fantastical spectacle at the Éden-Théâtre, with elephants, horses, massive crowd scenes and circus games in which rows of bare-legged female gladiators preceded the fighters
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And Irma Temesváryné-Farkas in that of 1883; Louise Fahlman (1856–1918) played in the 1887 Stockholm production, Marie Pospíšilová (1862–1943) in the 1895 Czech production
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By Pietro Cossa's Italian verse tragedy, where Messalina figures as a totally unrestrained woman in pursuit of love
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The French committee for the Prix de Rome set Messalina's death as the competition subject for that year
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“The Dying Messalina and her Mother”
Died 0048-01-01.
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Career landmark: empress consort (0041–0048).
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