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  1. Poppaea Sabina the Elder (c. 10 – c. 47 AD) was an aristocratic woman who lived during the Principate. During her lifetime she was famed for her beauty, but as Ronald Syme writes, her "fame and follies have been all but extinguished by her homonymous daughter", Poppaea Sabina the Younger.

  2. Poppaea Sabina the Elder, her mother, was a distinguished woman, whom Tacitus praises as wealthy and "the loveliest woman of her day". In 47 AD, she committed suicide as an innocent victim of the intrigues of the Roman Empress Valeria Messalina , having been charged with committing adultery with former consul Decimus Valerius Asiaticus .

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  4. Feb 28, 2024 · In 47 CE, the empress Messalina forced Poppaea's mother, Poppaea Sabina the Elder, to commit suicide. From her mother, Poppaea the Younger inherited property and a brick factory in Pompeii. She used the beauty she also inherited from her mother to her advantage.

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  5. Poppaea's next husband was Otho, a childhood friend of Nero. Otho would go on after Nero's death to briefly become emperor. Then Poppaea became mistress of the emperor Nero, Otho's friend, and about seven years younger than she was. Nero appointed Otho to an important post as governor of Lusitai (Lusitania). Nero divorced his wife, Octavia, who ...

  6. Jan 3, 2024 · The Early Life of Poppaea Sabina. Poppaea Sabina was born in 30 AD in Pompeii to Titus Ollius and Poppaea Sabina the Elder. Nearly immediately, Poppaea learned how brutal and...

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