{"id":25611,"date":"2023-06-01T08:57:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T06:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=232584"},"modified":"2023-06-01T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T07:11:36","slug":"messalina-sex-slander-scandal-in-imperial-rome","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/messalina-sex-slander-scandal-in-imperial-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Messalina: sex, slander & scandal in imperial Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honor Cargill-Martin outlines the sexual scandals and ruthless success of the notorious Julio-Claudian empress Messalina in the first century AD <\/p>

By Emily Briffett\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 01 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Even in the ancient Roman world of ruthless politicking, suspicious deaths and high-stakes schemes, the scandalous reputation of Empress Valeria Messalina stands out. The third wife of Emperor Claudius, she has gone down in history as a sexually insatiable schemer, whose cutthroat deeds kept her at the top of the Palatine court. Speaking with Emily Briffett, Honor Cargill-Martin, author of a new book on Messalina, interrogates the rumours that have long swirled around the empress.<\/p>\n\n

Honor Cargill-Martin is the author of Messalina: A Story of Empire, Slander and Adultery<\/em> (Apollo, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n