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Milonia Caesonia (died AD 41) was Roman empress as the fourth and last wife of the Roman emperor Caligula from their marriage in AD 39 until they were both assassinated in 41.
Milonia Caesonia was the fourth wife of the Roman emperor Caligula. In 41 ce, a successful conspiracy was carried out by a tribune of the Praetorian Guard who held both personal and public grievances against Caligula.
Caligula's fourth and final marriage was to Milonia Caesonia in 39 AD. Milonia was considered an unconventional choice for an emperor's wife, as she was not from a prominent family and was older than Caligula.
The Unusual Assassination of Milonia Caesonia. Nathaniel Katz, University of Texas at Austin. Josephus describes how Milonia Caesonia was assassinated along with her daughter and on the same day as her husband, Caligula (Jos. AJ 19.190-200, cf. Dio 59.29.7; Suet. Cal. 59).
Oct 11, 2020 · She became mother of Milonia Caesonia, the fourth wife of the emperor Caligula. This Caesonia was probably responsible for the fact that her half-brother became consul in 39. We don't know anything about Corbulo's early career, although we can speculate.
Caeso'nia. or according to Dio Cassius (59.23), MILONIA CAESONIA, was at first the mistress and afterwards the wife of the emperor Caligula. She was neither handsome nor young when Caligula fell in love with her; but she was a woman of the greatest licentiousness, and, at the time when her intimacy with Caligula began, she was already mother of ...
Milonia Caesonia (died 24 January 41) was the fourth and last wife of Roman emperor Caligula and a former priestess of the Egyptian goddess Isis. Caesonia had a bad reputation, as she was promiscuous, extravagant, deep in debt, and a divorcee, but Caligula decided to marry her so that she could...
