In “Messalina,” Honor Cargill-Martin looks at the limited evidence with empathy, arguing that a notorious empress was also a canny politician. By Timothy Farrington When you purchase an independently ...

Messalina's sex life got Romans gossiping, but what they really feared was her lust for power. Sex symbolArtworks, such as the Eugene Brunet 1884 sculpture, often emphasize Messalina’s notoriety as a ...

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If the Roman historians are to be believed, Messalina (inter alia) “takes down one of the richest and most powerful men in Rome because she likes his garden; murders men who refuse to sleep with her; ...

Coming out of the opera Messalina on Satiurday night, November 20, all I could think to say were two words: Wow! And Whew! Messalina, a Venetian opera by Carlo Pallavicino, may be the wildest and ...

After the tyrannical Emperor Caligula was murdered by his Praetorian Guards, Rome needs a new emperor. The Senators and the Praetorian Guards are undecided who the next emperor should be but finally ...

While fighting in Britain, Roman forces commanded by Caligula capture the noble warrior, Glaucus. Seeing in him gladiator material, Caligula takes Glaucus back to Rome along with other hostages ...