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Statilia Messalina

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Although witty and scheming, she was far less flamboyant than her predecessor and kept a rather low profile in the public eye. She was one of the few of Nero's courtiers who survived the fall of his reign. After Nero's death,
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to whom she may have borne a son (who died in 88 AD). Around 65 AD, she became Nero's mistress. After the death of the emperor's second wife
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Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom,
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indicates a consort to an emperor variously regarded as either legitimate or a usurper, and
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Prosopographie des femmes de l'ordre sénatorial (Ier-IIe siècles),
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promised that he would marry her, before his suicide in 69 AD.
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The ancient sources say little of her family; however,
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Nero
Roman empress
Nero
Issue
House
Julio-Claudian
Titus Statilius Taurus Corvinus
Julio-Claudian dynasty
Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
Roman Republic
Year of the Four Emperors
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e
Roman
patrician
Nero
Suetonius
Titus Statilius Taurus
triumph
consul
Titus Statilius Taurus Corvinus
Emperor Claudius
Valeria Messalina Corvina
Roman senator

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