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  2. Agrippina the Younger - Wikipedia

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    During the remainder of Nero's reign, Agrippina's grave was not covered or enclosed. Her household later on gave her a modest tomb in Misenum. [48] Nero would have his mother's death on his conscience. He felt so guilty he would sometimes have nightmares of her, even seeing his mother's ghost and getting Persian magicians to ask her for ...

  3. Claudia Acte - Wikipedia

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    Claudia Acte was a freedwoman of ancient Rome who became a mistress of the emperor Nero.She came from Asia Minor and might have become a slave of the Emperor Claudius, following his expansion of the Roman Empire into Lycia and Pamphylia; or she might have been purchased later, by Octavia, Claudius' daughter.

  4. Nero's Mistress - Wikipedia

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    Mio figlio Nerone (literally: My Son Nero), released in the US as Nero's Mistress is a 1956 Italian historical comedy film directed by Steno and starring Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson and Brigitte Bardot, with cinematography by Mario Bava. [2] It depicts a visit by the Roman Emperor Nero and his entourage to a coastal villa.

  5. Julio-Claudian dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) was a great-great-grandson of Augustus and Livia through his mother, Agrippina the Younger. The younger Agrippina was a daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, as well as Caligula's sister. Through his mother, Nero was related by blood to the Julian and Claudian branches of the Imperial ...

  6. Nero (2004 film) - Wikipedia

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    Nero is an Italian-British-Spanish television film, part of the Imperium series; it was made film available on DVD as of November 2005 in the U.S. and Canada. Produced by EOS Entertainment and Lux Vide for RAI and Telecinco .

  7. Anicetus (freedman) - Wikipedia

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    Nero put this strategy into action, though the collapsing boat failed to kill Agrippina. Afterwards, on 23 March AD 59, Anicetus himself stabbed Agrippina to death in her villa, on orders from Nero. [3] [4] [5] Anicetus was subsequently induced by Nero to confess having committed adultery with Nero's wife, Claudia Octavia. [1] [6] As punishment ...

  8. Claudia Augusta - Wikipedia

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    Claudia and her mother were honored with the title of Augusta by Nero. She was born in Antium on 21 January 63 and later died five months after, [2] of an unknown illness. Her father, the Roman Emperor Nero. Nero and Poppaea Sabina mourned her death and Claudia was declared a goddess. Gold statues were placed in temples and circus games were ...

  9. Nero Julius Caesar - Wikipedia

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    Nero (on the left), saluting Tiberius (seated, on the right) (detail of the Great Cameo of France).. Nero's mother Agrippina believed her husband was murdered to promote Drusus the Younger as heir, and feared that the birth of his twin sons would give him a motive to displace her own sons.