Messalina

[ mes-uh-lahy-nuh ]

/ ˌmɛs əˈlaɪ nə /

Valeria,died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.

Example sentences from the Web for messalina

Messalina sacrificed human life in caprice, Agrippina assigned men to death in cold calculation.

Roman Women |Alfred Brittain
Arthur Dillon could not have been more considerate of Messalina.

The Art of Disappearing |John Talbot Smith
In favour at the court of Claudius, he owed his fall to Messalina.

Wanderings in Corsica, Vol. 1 of 2 |Ferdinand Gregorovius
It was an audacious dream, because he would be thus put in the place of Britannicus, the emperors son by Messalina.

Under Csars' Shadow |Henry Francis Colby

So Messalina had suborned her sons tutor, Silius, to accuse Asiaticus of corrupting the army.

Under Csars' Shadow |Henry Francis Colby

Messalina

/ (ˌmɛsəˈliːnə) /

Valeria (vəˈlɪərɪə). died 48 ad, wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, notorious for her debauchery and cruelty