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'''Poppea''' (''Poppaea Sabina'', 30 CE – 65 CE) was the mistress and then second wife of the Emperor [[Nero]] | '''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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | [[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== | ||
*[ | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppaea_Sabina Wikipedia] | ||
[[Category:Index (database)]] | [[Category:Index (database)]] | ||
[[Category:People (database)]] | [[Category:People (database)]] | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 8 June 2017
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)>
Overview
Poppea came from a wealthy and politically influential Roman family. When she was 14 years old, she was married first to 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. The "rediscovery" of the play during the Renaissance renewed interest in her as a dramatic persona in dramas and librettos.