Messalina, Empress of Rome

Today's episode features the third wife of Emperor Claudius, Valeria Messalina, commonly referred to Messalina.

Sources:

https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1158&context=constructing

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137:book=10:chapter=83&highlight=messalina

https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/JuvenalSatires6.php

Farquhar, Michael, A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors, 2001.

Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site/

Show email: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com

This show is produced by me, Adrienne. Artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)