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Poppaea Sabina

Poppaea Sabina (30-65 CE) was the wife of Praetorian prefect Rufrius Crispinius and then Marcus Salvius Otho (r. 69 CE) before she became the second wife of Roman emperor Nero (r. 54-68 CE). Considered by ancient sources both attractive and intelligent, she used her beauty and charm, to persuade Nero to divorce Octavia, the daughter of Claudius (r. 41-54 CE) and Valeria Messalina, and marry her.

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In his book Ten Caesars historian Barry Strauss wrote that Poppaea was "a woman fit for a king. She was wealthy, intelligent and ambitious" (91). She was born in 30 CE in Pompeii; her father was Titus Ollius, who was executed as a supporter of the treasonous Lucius Sejanus in 31 CE. Her maternal grandfather was Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus, a prominent consul and provincial governor who had fought against the Thracians. Tacitus wrote that he was "a man of illustrious memory and prominently distinguished by the honours of a consulship and a triumph" (Complete Works, 312). Possibly due to the shame of her father, Poppaea changed her name to her grandfather's.

In 47 CE, the empress Messalina forced Poppaea's mother, Poppaea Sabina the Elder, to commit suicide. From her mother, Poppaea the Younger inherited property and a brick factory in Pompeii. She used the beauty she also inherited from her mother to her advantage. While those around her saw her as both clever and a pleasant conversationalist, Tacitus viewed her as "immoral and venal" (312) and maintained that she was indifferent to her reputation, writing that "Advantage dictated the bestowal of her favours" (306). "… she was never a slave to her own passion or to that of a lover. Whenever there was a prospect of advantage, there she transferred her favours." (312)

In 44 BCE, she was married to a Praetorian prefect, Rufrius Crispinius, with whom she had a son. After Poppaea's death, Nero would have the young boy's slaves drown him while on a fishing trip.

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