Circa 30 AD, Valeria Messalina (c. 25-c. 48). A Roman aristocrat and a cousin of the ruling family of Augustus, she married the emperor Claudius, 'the Stammerer' when she was 14. One of her sons became the emperor Nero, who had her strangled. Her name became a byword (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
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