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Pages in category "Executed ancient Roman women" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Three virgins of Tuburga were a group of young women who were executed for being Christians around 257 AD, in what was Roman Empire-era Tunisia. Traditionally named Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda, the trio are venerated as saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church [1] and in the Catholic Church. [2] They are remembered in both churches on 30 July.
A mourning woman dressed in black leaves with her face covered as a soldier drags back Messalina's head, watched by a courtier with the order for execution in his hand. The Danish royal painter Nicolai Abildgaard , however, preferred to feature "The Dying Messalina and her Mother" (1797) in a quieter setting.
Out of jealousy, Agrippina arranged the execution of Lepida sometime before the poisoning of Claudius, after which Nero became the new emperor. Agrippina charged Lepida with attempting to take her life by magic, disturbing Roman peace, and failing to control her Calabrian slave-gangs. Agrippina thought that Lepida would use her 'kind' influence ...
Perpetua and Felicity (Latin: Perpetua et Felicitas; c. 182 [6] – c. 203) were Christian martyrs of the third century. Vibia Perpetua was a recently married, well-educated noblewoman, said to have been 22 years old at the time of her death, and mother of an infant son she was nursing. [7]
When Beatrice was seven years old, in June 1584, her mother died. After her mother's death, Beatrice and her elder sister Antonina were sent to a small monastery, Santa Croce a Montecitorio for Franciscan Tertiary nuns in the rione Colonna of Rome. [6] H. G. Hosmer: Beatrice Cenci. The family lived in Rome at the Palazzo Cenci in the rione ...
The Marlborough Cameo, identified as either Didius Julian and Manila Scantilla, or Commodus and Marcia. [3]To celebrate the Roman New Year in AD 192, Commodus decided he wanted to make an appearance before the Roman people not from the palace in traditional purple robes, but from the gladiator's barracks, escorted by the rest of the gladiators.
Executed ancient Roman women (1 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Executed ancient Roman people" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total.