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Domitia Lepida (c. 5 BC – AD 54) was a Roman aristocrat, related to the imperial family. She was mother of Valeria Messalina, wife of the Emperor Claudius. Lepida was a beautiful and influential figure. Like her sister, she was also very wealthy. She had holdings in Calabria and owned the praedia Lepidiana.
Domitia Lepida (c. 5 BC – AD 54) was a Roman aristocrat, related to the imperial family. She was mother of Valeria Messalina, wife of the Emperor Claudius. Lepida was a beautiful and influential figure. Like her sister, she was also very wealthy.
the name "Domitia Lepida" (i.e., Nero's aunt). When Caesar Augustus returned from the western provinces in the summer of 13 B.C., the Senate de-creed an "ara pacis Augustae," to be the object of cere-monies conducted each year by magistrates, priests and the Vestal Virgins. The altar was "constituta" on
Domitia Lepida was charged with employing black magic against Agrippina and with not controlling her bands of slaves in Italy. Nero, now that the choice was forced, sided with his mother and offered evidence against his aunt, who was sentenced to death.
Apr 27, 2022 · Domitia Lepida (PIR2 D 180), also known as Domitia Lepida the Younger, Domitia Lepida Minor, (Minor Latin for the younger) or simply known as Lepida (c. 10 BC-54), was the younger daughter of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC) and Antonia Major.
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Fl. at time of Nero; born c. 19 bce; dau. of Antonia Major (39 bce–?) and L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (d. 25 ce); sister of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus; m. M. Valerius Messalla Barbatus (both members of the dynastic Julio-Claudian family); children: Valeria Messalina (c. 23–48).The sister of Nero's deceased father Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus ...
To penetrate beneath the stereotypes of both Nero’s aunts is hard, but C. rightly insists that Domitia Lepida’s trial was political, and assumes, reasonably enough, that Domitia was not murdered by Nero but died a natural death.
