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The cause and timing of Poppaea's death is uncertain. According to Suetonius, while she was awaiting the birth of her second child in the summer of 65, she quarrelled fiercely with Nero over him spending too much time at the races. In a fit of rage, Nero kicked her in the abdomen, causing her death. [11]
The use of a mise-en-abyme technique brilliantly makes Poppaea’s dream narrative mirror the actual setting and lets the double-layered wedding-funeral imagery find its culmination in the ambiguous murder-suicide scene involving Poppaea’s former and present husbands, Crispinus and Nero.
A papyrus published in 2011 (P. Oxy. 77.5105) containing 84 partially preserved hexameters describes the catasterism of a pregnant wife of Nero. She is presumed to be Poppaea Sabina, who died while pregnant (Tac. Ann. 16.6; Suet.
Whether intentional or not, the cause for Poppaea’s death was that Nero kicked her while she was pregnant. [19] Although dead, Poppaea’s influence continued as Nero sought to replace her with both men and women who resembled her physical beauty.
One story has it that in a fit of temper Nero kicked her to death. The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Poppaea Sabina (pŏpē´ə səbī´nə), d. AD 65, Roman empress, wife of Nero. While married to Otho, her second husband, she became mistress of Nero, whom she finally married in AD 62.
23 Αυγ 2012 · A just-deciphered ancient Greek poem discovered in Egypt, deifies Poppaea Sabina, the wife of the infamous Roman emperor Nero, showing her ascending to the stars.
Petronius informed Marcus that the notorious Nero had committed atrocities - he had murdered his wife and mother (Agrippina and Octavia) and married a "harlot" slave named Poppaea (Patricia Laffan), prompting the Senate to consider replacing Nero with General Galba of Tuscany
