Domitia Lepida
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Domitia Lepida was a Roman aristocrat, related to the imperial family. She was mother of Valeria Messalina, wife of the Emperor Claudius. Lepida was a beautiful and influential figure. Like her sister
Domitia Lepida depicted trying to shield her daughter Messalina. The Death of Messalina by Fernand Lematte, 1870
Agrippina the Younger
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Julia Agrippina, also referred to as Agrippina the Younger, was Roman empress from AD 49 to 54, the fourth wife and niece of emperor Claudius, and the mother of Nero.
Domitia Lepida
…her to end her own life. After Messalina was stabbed with a dagger by an officer, her body was given up to Lepida. Lepida's former sister-in-law, Agrippina the Younger, became Claudius' new wife in AD 49. Out of jealousy, Agrippina arranged the execution of Lepida sometime before the poisoning of Claudius, after which…
A bust at the National Museum, Warsaw
Bust of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
During the reign of Caligula, coins like the one pictured here were issued depicting his three sisters, Drusilla, Livilla, and Agrippina the Younger.
Messalina holding her son Britannicus (Louvre)