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Statilia Messalina (c. AD 35 – after 68) was a Roman patrician [citation needed] woman, a Roman Empress and third wife to Roman Emperor Nero. Biography [ edit ] Background [ edit ]
Apr 11, 2023 · 11 April 2023. Statilia Messalina, third wife of Nero. Zdjęcie: TimeTravelRome | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Statilia Messalina was the third and last wife of Emperor Nero. We know very little about her person. History did not tell us the exact date of her birth or death.
Dec 6, 2014 · Death: 68 (28-37) Immediate Family: Daughter of Titus (*IV*) Statilius Taurus (Konsul in 44) Wife of Nero, Emperor of Rome and Marcus Julius Vestinus Atticus Mother of son of Marcus Julius Vestinus Atticus & Statilia Messalina. Managed by: Private User. Last Updated: December 6, 2014. View Complete Profile.
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Statilia Messalina, the third wife of Nero, survived his death in 68 CE but was prevented from marrying Marcus Salvius Otho the following year due to his defeat at Bedriacum and subsequent suicide. Otho had been declared emperor by his troops in January 69, but his reign was short-lived.
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Messalina, Statilia (fl. 66–68 ce)Roman empress. Born of high birth and flourished around 66–68 ce; third and last wife of Nero (37–68ce).Wealthy and intelligent, Statilia Messalina was the third wife of Nero.
At the beginning of 66 AD, Nero married Statilia Messalina. After that, in 67 AD, Nero castrated and married a young freedman named Sporus. According to Cassius Dio, Sporus bore an uncanny resemblance to Poppaea, and Nero even called him by his dead wife's name. Cultural references In opera
Statilia T. f. T. n. Messalina, probably the daughter or niece of the consul Corvinus, her first husband was Marcus Julius Vestinus Atticus, consul in AD 65, whose destruction Nero wrought because not because of any wrongdoing, but because Atticus was too astute to be deceived by the emperor.
