Octavia Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Hello everyone. I was researching on Nero's life and I knew he married Octavia, Poppaea and Statilia Messalina. I know of Claudius's wife, Messalina, but who was this Statillia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingsoc Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 "Besides Octavia he later took two wives, Poppaea Sabina, daughter of an ex-quaestor and previously married to a Roman knight, and then Statilia Messalina, daughter of the great-granddaughter of Taurus, who had been twice consul and awarded a triumph. To possess the latter he slew her husband Atticus Vestinus while he held the office of consul." Suetonius, The Lives of the Caesars, The Life of Nero, 35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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