emperor Claudius for his affair with the empress Valeria Messalina. The son of Gaius Silius, Silius was described by the ancient sources as an intelligent...

according to Tacitus, Messalina was only prevented from further persecuting Agrippina because she was distracted by her new lover, Gaius Silius. According to...

sister of Caligula's first wife Junia Claudilla, a rival of Empress Agrippina the Younger and the ex-wife of Messalina's lover Gaius Silius, accused...

Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus - consul Gaius Silius - lover of Messalina Publius Silius Nerva - consul Silius Italicus - consul, poet Lucius Cornelius...

consul Publius Silius (fl. AD 3), consul Gaius Silius (consul) (died AD 24), senator, general and consul Gaius Silius (lover of Messalina) (c. AD 13–48)...

that the affair between Messalina and Silius took a new turn. Silius, who had no children of his own, proposed to marry Messalina if she allowed him to...

Gaius Silius Caecina Anne Dyson as Briseis George Pravda as Gershom Stuart Wilson as Gaius Silius Charlotte Howard as Scylla Manning Wilson as Gaius Vibius...

wife Messalina, who kills many of her enemies as well as being involved in bribery. She eventually conspires to usurp the monarchy with her lover Gaius Silius...

night – and manipulated his policies to amass wealth. In 48, Messalina married her lover Gaius Silius in a public ceremony while Claudius was at Ostia. Sources...

wife of Nero) and Britannicus. In AD 48, Messalina was executed on the orders of Claudius, due to Messalina's mock marriage with her lover Gaius Silius which...

became her lover after Messalina convinced her husband to command Mnester to adhere to Messalina's every wish. After Gaius Silius became Messalina's favourite...

Sonia Aquino - Messalina Maria Gabriella Barbuti - Licia James Bentley - Young Nero Marco Bonini - Rufus Robert Brazil - Gaius Silius Philippe Caroit...

adaptation of Robert Graves' I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Written by Jack Pulman, it was one of the corporation's most successful drama serials of all time...

29 of his work The Twelve Caesars, describes an event in the time of Claudius where the empress Messalina was made to marry her lover Gaius Silius whereafter...

His wife Messalina cuckolded him; when he found out, he had her executed and married his niece, Agrippina the Younger. She, along with several of his freedmen...

background of these events, see Ancient Rome and History of the Byzantine Empire. Following tradition, this timeline marks the deposition of Romulus Augustulus...

third wife Valeria Messalina conspired with Gaius Silius to overthrow her husband in the hope of installing herself and her lover in power. Tacitus immortalized...

woman: he accuses Clodia of incest and of running her house like a brothel, but not of sleeping with slaves. Not even Messalina or Sallust's Sempronia is...

usually refers to the consorts of the Roman emperors, the rulers of the Roman Empire. The duties, power and influence of empresses varied depending on...