Some modern historians believe this was not caused by a kick and Suetonius, Tacitus, and Cassius Dio made this event up due to personal disdain for Nero (can’t imagine why). If the dates are correct, Claudia was married to Nero for three years before he decided to toss a few soccer kicks at her pregnant stomach, causing a miscarriage and her untimely death. Strong start to a very good season of matricide, uxoricide, and genocide. Perhaps foolishly, however, she decided to marry a man who so far was 2–0 at killing the females in his life. Poppaea Sabina was a very effective web weaver she had planted the idea of Nero divorcing Claudia and asked for her execution. So Nero, acting quickly, had Claudia’s wrists slit in a steam bath, then lopped off her head to give to his new wife, Poppaea Sabina. This caused massive protests throughout the empire. Sadly for her, however, the marriage was stressful, and Nero grew bored and tried to remedy this by unsuccessfully trying to choke her to death several times.Īfter nine painfully long years of marriage filled with domestic abuse, adultery, and the murder of her younger brother Britannicus - Nero divorced and exiled Claudia. She was well-liked by the population of Rome she was the public definition of nobility and rectitude.
Nero was a passionate romantic, being wed to Claudia Octavia at fifteen. If we are to believe Cassius Dio, her last words were, “Smite my womb.” or, in more modern vernacular, “Fuck Nero, man.” This seems more fitting since she almost certainly did “Fuck Nero” more than a few times. His authoritative and cunning mother, Agrippina, was almost certainly assassinated at the command of Nero. Which was great for Nero but a dismal fucking nightmare for everyone else who came into contact with him. Nero was one of those rare cases of someone who possessed incredible might for a time, he was almost certainly the most powerful man in all of the known world.
Political or military power kept most people alive for a time, though it is a fleeting thing and shifts from person to person usually well before either noticed. Whether you were a slave, soldier, or even an emperor it was more than likely your death would be horrific and very, very public. Life in ancient Rome was oft times unreasonably brutal.
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