Messalina

[ mes-uh-lahy-nuh ]

/ ˌmɛs əˈlaɪ nə /

noun

Valeria,died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.

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Examples from the Web for messalina

Messalina sacrificed human life in caprice, Agrippina assigned men to death in cold calculation.
Roman Women|Alfred Brittain
Arthur Dillon could not have been more considerate of Messalina.
The Art of Disappearing|John Talbot Smith
In favour at the court of Claudius, he owed his fall to Messalina.
Wanderings in Corsica, Vol. 1 of 2|Ferdinand Gregorovius
It was an audacious dream, because he would be thus put in the place of Britannicus, the emperors son by Messalina.
Under Csars' Shadow|Henry Francis Colby

So Messalina had suborned her sons tutor, Silius, to accuse Asiaticus of corrupting the army.
Under Csars' Shadow|Henry Francis Colby

British Dictionary definitions for messalina

Messalina

/ (ˌmɛsəˈliːnə) /

noun

Valeria (vəˈlɪərɪə). died 48 ad, wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, notorious for her debauchery and cruelty

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