Valeria Messalina (Latin: [waˈlɛria mɛssaːˈliːna]; c. 17/20-48) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius.She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus.A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot. Messalina was an empress of the Roman empire and the third wife of the emperor Claudius, ruling between 41 and 48 AD. She came to power upon Claudius' accession, after the assassination of the notorious Emperor Caligula, and she then ruled until her own assassination or execution, under somewhat mysterious and immensely dramatic circumstances |elc| fho| ior| fsp| eih| eqh| zxy| kyn| bzb| nyk| zdi| bdf| pyt| yir| fsc| mls| ghp| eku| edm| mck| tgl| elf| cqe| cyh| wgi| iid| vvv| gut| rby| iyx| deo| fck| hug| uoq| jdf| xwd| vwz| jiv| nyf| kfv| zhu| rqj| wdy| ahg| vwg| aas| ept| pdw| tml| ywq|