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	'''Poppea''' (''Poppaea Sabina'', 30 CE – 65 CE) was the mistress and then second wife of the Emperor [[Nero]]. According to ancient sources, she was at the center of many intrigues at the imperial court.		[[Category:People]]

	~~<''Fiction'' : [[Poppea (literature)]] -- [[Poppea (music)]] -- [[Poppea (cinema)]] -- [[Poppea (art)]]>~~

	~~==Overview==~~

	Poppea came from a wealthy and politically influential Roman family. When she was 14 years old, she was married first to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufrius_Crispinus Rufrius Crispinus], a man of equestrian rank and then the leader of the Praetorian Guard.

	~~Poppea's next husband was [[Otho]], a good friend of the new Emperor [[Nero]] (and a future Emperor himself). Poppea divorced him in 58, becoming the mistress and then the wife of [[Nero]].~~

	~~Suetonius, Tacitus, and Cassius Dio describe her as an ambitious and ruthless woman, who urged [[Nero]] to murder his mother Agrippina and divorce Octavia.~~

	~~It is said that Poppea died in 65 as a consequence of a miscarriage after Nero kicked her in a fit of rage, but the exact circumstances of her death are obscure.~~

	~~==Poppea, the Jews and the Christians==~~

	[[Josephus]] calls Poppea a deeply "religious woman" (maybe a "God-fearer") who urged Nero to show compassion to the Jewish people. In 64, however, she supported the nomination of [[Gessius Florus]] as governor of Judea, which proved to be a very harmful choice at the eve of the [[Jewish War]].

	~~There is no evidence of any direct involvement of Poppea in the persecution of the early church.~~

	~~==Seneca (fiction)==~~

	Already in the first century, Poppea was a character in the tragedy ''Octavia'' by the [[Pseudo-Seneca]]. In 1374 [[Giovanni Boccaccio]] included her biography in ''De mulieribus claris'', among the most renowned women of antiquity. The editiones princepes of the two works at the end of the 15th century renewed the interest in Poppea as a dramatic persona in dramas and librettos.

	~~==External links==~~
	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppaea_Sabina Wikipedia]


	~~[[Category:Index (database)]]~~
	[[Category:People ~~(database)~~]]

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	==Seneca (fiction)==		==Seneca (fiction)==

	Already in the first century, Poppea was a character in the tragedy ''Octavia'' by the [[Pseudo-Seneca]]. The ~~"rediscovery"~~ of the ~~play during~~ the ~~Renaissance~~ renewed interest in ~~her~~ as a dramatic persona in dramas and librettos.		Already in the first century, Poppea was a character in the tragedy ''Octavia'' by the [[Pseudo-Seneca]]. In 1374 [[Giovanni Boccaccio]] included her biography in ''De mulieribus claris'', among the most renowned women of antiquity. The editiones princepes of the two works at the end of the 15th century renewed the interest in Poppea as a dramatic persona in dramas and librettos.

	==External links==		==External links==

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	'''Poppea''' (''Poppaea Sabina'', 30 CE – 65 CE) was the mistress and then second wife of the Emperor [[Nero]]~~, who according~~ to ancient sources at the center of many intrigues at the imperial court.		'''Poppea''' (''Poppaea Sabina'', 30 CE – 65 CE) was the mistress and then second wife of the Emperor [[Nero]]. According to ancient sources, she was at the center of many intrigues at the imperial court.

	<''Fiction'' : [[Poppea (literature)]] -- [[Poppea (music)]] -- [[Poppea (cinema)]] -- [[Poppea (art)]]>		<''Fiction'' : [[Poppea (literature)]] -- [[Poppea (music)]] -- [[Poppea (cinema)]] -- [[Poppea (art)]]>
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	==Overview==		==Overview==

	Poppea came from an influential Roman family. When she was 14 years old, she married Rufrius Crispinus, a man of equestrian rank and then the leader of the Praetorian Guard.		Poppea came from a wealthy and politically influential Roman family. When she was 14 years old, she was married first to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufrius_Crispinus Rufrius Crispinus], a man of equestrian rank and then the leader of the Praetorian Guard.

	Poppea ~~then married~~ [[Otho]], a good friend of the new Emperor [[Nero]] (and a future Emperor himself). Poppea divorced him in 58, becoming the mistress and then the wife of Nero.		Poppea's next husband was [[Otho]], a good friend of the new Emperor [[Nero]] (and a future Emperor himself). Poppea divorced him in 58, becoming the mistress and then the wife of [[Nero]].

	Suetonius, Tacitus, and Cassius Dio describe her as an ambitious and ruthless woman, who ~~convinced~~ [[Nero]] to murder his mother Agrippina and divorce Octavia.		Suetonius, Tacitus, and Cassius Dio describe her as an ambitious and ruthless woman, who urged [[Nero]] to murder his mother Agrippina and divorce Octavia.

	Poppea died		It is said that Poppea died in 65 as a consequence of a miscarriage after Nero kicked her in a fit of rage, but the exact circumstances of her death are obscure.

	==Poppea, the Jews and the Christians==		==Poppea, the Jews and the Christians==

	[[Josephus]] calls Poppea a deeply religious woman who urged Nero to show compassion to the Jewish people. In 64, however, she supported the nomination of [[Gessius Florus]] as governor of Judea--a very harmful choice at the eve of the [[Jewish War]].		[[Josephus]] calls Poppea a deeply "religious woman" (maybe a "God-fearer") who urged Nero to show compassion to the Jewish people. In 64, however, she supported the nomination of [[Gessius Florus]] as governor of Judea, which proved to be a very harmful choice at the eve of the [[Jewish War]].

	There is no evidence of any involvement of Poppea in the persecution of the early church.		There is no evidence of any direct involvement of Poppea in the persecution of the early church.

	==Seneca (fiction)==		==Seneca (fiction)==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Seneca_the_Younger~~ Wikipedia]		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppaea_Sabina Wikipedia]


	[[Category:Index (database)]]		[[Category:Index (database)]]
	[[Category:People (database)]]		[[Category:People (database)]]

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'''Poppea''' (''Poppaea Sabina'', 30 CE – 65 CE) was the mistress and then second wife of the Emperor [[Nero]], who according to ancient sources at the center of many intrigues at the imperial court.

<''Fiction'' : [[Poppea (literature)]] -- [[Poppea (music)]] -- [[Poppea (cinema)]] -- [[Poppea (art)]]>

==Overview==

Poppea came from an influential Roman family. When she was 14 years old, she married Rufrius Crispinus, a man of equestrian rank and then the leader of the Praetorian Guard.

Poppea then married [[Otho]], a good friend of the new Emperor [[Nero]] (and a future Emperor himself). Poppea divorced him in 58, becoming the mistress and then the wife of Nero.

Suetonius, Tacitus, and Cassius Dio describe her as an ambitious and ruthless woman, who convinced [[Nero]] to murder his mother Agrippina and divorce Octavia.

Poppea died

==Poppea, the Jews and the Christians==

[[Josephus]] calls Poppea a deeply religious woman who urged Nero to show compassion to the Jewish people. In 64, however, she supported the nomination of [[Gessius Florus]] as governor of Judea--a very harmful choice at the eve of the [[Jewish War]].

There is no evidence of any involvement of Poppea in the persecution of the early church.

==Seneca (fiction)==

Already in the first century, Poppea was a character in the tragedy ''Octavia'' by the [[Pseudo-Seneca]]. The "rediscovery" of the play during the Renaissance renewed interest in her as a dramatic persona in dramas and librettos.

==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger Wikipedia]

[[Category:Index (database)]]
[[Category:People (database)]]