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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 (d. 41 ce) Roman noblewoman. Murdered in 41 ce; fourth wife of Caligula (12–41), Roman emperor (r. 37–41); children: (Julia) Drusilla (c. 37–c. 41 ce). 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 ...
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).
Named after her late aunt and her father's favorite sister, Julia Drusilla, Julia was born not long after Caligula married Milonia Caesonia (some sources have her being born on the same day as the marriage). The date of her parents' marriage has not been determined for certain, but it is known that it was sometime in the summer of AD 39. [2]
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...
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 three ...
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Milonia Caesonia (d. 41) Roman noblewoman. Murdered in 41; 4th wife of Caligula (12–41), Roman emperor (r. 37–41); children: (Julia) Drusilla (c. 37–c. 41). After Caligula's assassination, was killed as well, along with daughter Drusilla. See also Women in World History.
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