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Sporus (died 69 CE) was a young slave boy whom the Roman Emperor Nero had castrated and married as his Empress during his tour of Greece in 66–67 CE, allegedly in order for him to play the role of his wife, Poppaea Sabina, who had died the previous year. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Poppaea Sabina (30 AD – 65 AD), also known as Ollia, [1] was a Roman empress as the second wife of the emperor Nero.She had also been wife to the future emperor Otho.The historians of antiquity describe her as a beautiful woman who used intrigues to become empress.
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ ˈ n ɪər oʊ / NEER-oh; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.
Claudia Octavia (late 39 or early 40 – June 9, AD 62) was a Roman empress.She was the daughter of the Emperor Claudius and Valeria Messalina.After her mother's death and father's remarriage to her cousin Agrippina the Younger, she became the stepsister of the future Emperor Nero.
The wives of the Roman emperor Nero (reigned 54–68). Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. P. Poppaea Sabina (1 C, 12 P)
Claudia Acte was a freedwoman of ancient Rome who became a mistress of the emperor Nero.She came from Asia Minor and might have become a slave of the Emperor Claudius, following his expansion of the Roman Empire into Lycia and Pamphylia; or she might have been purchased later, by Octavia, Claudius' daughter.
— Galba, Roman emperor (15 January 69 CE), prior to beheading by supporters of Otho "Go and show yourself to the soldiers, lest they cut you to pieces for being accessory to my death." [15]: 25 — Otho, Roman emperor (16 April 69 CE), to a freedman, prior to committing suicide "Yet I was once your Emperor." [15]: 12
Spouses of the Roman emperor Nero (reigned 54–68). Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. W. Wives of Nero (1 C, 3 P)