
063- A Farewell to Claudius
The History of Rome
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Agrippina and Nero
In 28 a d, tiberius ordered agrippina to marry the forty plus year old neas demitius henabarbus. Demidius was apparently something of a cad though the stories about him were likely exaggerated to help reinforce the despicable nature of his son nero. Agrippina and her sister, julia lavilla, were accused of piring against their brother's life with marcus amelius lepidus who was already tagged by caligula as a potential heir. When the plot was exposed, caligula banished his sisters to a small ad in the turranian sea where legend has it that he forced them to dive for sponges to
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