Poppaea Sabina

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Poppaea Sabina was a Roman Empress as the second wife of the Emperor Nero. She was also the wife of the future Emperor Otho. The historians of antiquity describe her as a beautiful woman who used intrigues to become empress.Poppaea Sabina was born in Pompeii in AD 30 as the daughter of Titus Ollius and an elder Poppaea Sabina. Most evidence suggesting Poppaea''s Pompeian origins comes from 20th century excavations of the town, destroyed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. For instance, legal documents found during excavations in nearby Herculaneum described her as being the owner of a brick- or tile-work business in the Pompeii area. It is very likely that Poppaea''s family came from Pompeii, and the common belief is that they might have been the owners of the House of the Menander (a house in Pompeii named for the painting of the fourth century BC playright Menander that is found there). Although ancient sources do not directly state this, the legal documents in Herculaneum and evidence found in Pompeii for a prominent local family of the gens Poppaei makes Poppaea''s Pompeian origins much more likely.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130514976
• ISBN-10: 6130514972
• Artikelnr.: 29847963