Biography Messalina

Messalina – his wife (third) of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who had a daughter Octavia and son Britannika. MM was known for its debauchery, lust for power and cruelty. Shamelessness of its income to the extreme limits, and was all the more shocking that she was forced to the same and others, the most noble of women. Once, in the absence of the Emperor, M. entered, observing all the formalities, a marriage with a handsome Guy Siliem and was designed to make him the throne. Remaining faithful servants of the emperor, and led them to the secretary, freedman Narcissus, Claudius told everything and, despite his hesitation, have made him the death penalty on Moscow, which was immediately carried out. The name became a byword for MA women holding high positions and different obscenity and promiscuity.