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Anneka Di Lorenzo in the 1979 film Caligula, and the 1977 comedy Messalina, Messalina, which used many of the same set pieces as the earlier-filmed, but later-released Caligula. [135] An alternative European title for the 1977 production was Messalina, Empress and Whore .
May 30, 2024 · Since Claudius was not entirely "bad" like Nero or Caligula, Suetonius likely exaggerated Claudius's negative traits, using Messalina to achieve this portrayal. Suetonius writes that after Messalina's alleged marriage to Silius, Claudius "made a shameful and cowardly flight to the camp", asking "whether his throne was secure".
Bent on becoming the most influential woman in Rome, the beautiful temptress catches the eye of Emperor Caligula while fighting in the arena, and before long, she finds herself at loggerheads with plotting Agrippina, Caligula's youngest sister.
Messalina Valeria was the third wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, notorious for licentious behaviour and instigating murderous court intrigues. The great-granddaughter of Augustus’s sister, Octavia, on both her father’s and mother’s sides, she was married to Claudius before he became emperor.
Jun 6, 2023 · Nicknamed the "Whore Empress", Messalina was the great-grand niece to Emperor Augustus, second cousin to Emperor Caligula and cousin to Emperor Nero. However, it would be for her disastrous marriage to Emperor Claudius (as his third wife) that would seal her fate in the records.
Sep 6, 2023 · At some point during Caligula’s reign Messalina was married to Claudius, who was (of course) her own first cousin once removed.
Messalina's immediate family enjoyed the favor of Emperor Caligula for having remained loyal to his mother Agrippina the Elder during her persecution and then execution by the emperor Tiberius. When Messalina, who was considered a beautiful young woman, was at a proper or even late age for marriage, her family used their advantages to seek out ...
