Messalina
Americannoun
noun
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Later we meet Messalina, who remains a byword for manipulative awfulness.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2013
In Claudius the God, which followed, Graves pictured Claudius as the one Roman who believed that his wife, Messalina, was an honest woman, preserved the flavor of an old chronicle in a lively, modern story.
From Time Magazine Archive
In all his tribulations his adored young wife Messalina was his greatest comfort.
From Time Magazine Archive
To Charles and Granvelle, as to Chapuys himself, the unfortunate Anne was the English Messalina.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.
If Messalina counted on the fidelity of the freedmen, to whose friendship she had many times confided her safety, she erred: for on this occasion they fatally betrayed her.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
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