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In 47 AD, she committed suicide as an innocent victim of the intrigues of the Roman Empress Valeria Messalina, having been charged with committing adultery with former consul Decimus Valerius Asiaticus. Statue of Poppaea in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia (Greece) The father of Poppaea Sabina the Elder was Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus.
The Apotheosis of Poppaea. Sebastian Anderson. 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.
Poppaea Sabina was the daughter of Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus, homo novus and consul of AD 9. She had been the wife of Titus Ollius , who was a friend of the prefect of the Praetorian Guard Sejanus . He committed suicide following Sejanus' downfall.
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.
Roman empress, wife of Nero. While married to Otho, her second husband, she became mistress of Nero, whom she finally married in A.D. 62. She had great influence over Nero, inducing him to have his mother (Agrippina the Younger), his former wife (Octavia), and the philosopher Seneca killed.
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. She had great influence over Nero, inducing him to have his mother (Agrippina the Younger), his former wife (Octavia), and the philosopher Seneca killed.
