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Messalina

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Mes·sa·li·na  (ms-ln), Valeria Died a.d. 48.
Roman empress as the third wife of Claudius I. She was executed after Claudius discovered that she had married a lover in his absence.
Messalina [ˌmɛsəˈliːnə]
n
(Biographies / Messalina, Valeria (death date: 48) F, Roman, MISC: wife of Claudius) Valeria (vəˈlɪərɪə). died 48 ad, wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, notorious for her debauchery and cruelty


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In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice, by some whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty voice, to come in as by chance, so that he may be asked the question upon the other's speech: as Narcissus did, relating to Claudius the marriage of Messalina and Silius.
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