Messalina, wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, is engaged publically to Gaius Silius. Messaline, femme de l’Empereur Claude, epouse publiquement C. Silius. Copperplate engraving from Pierre-Francois d'Hancarville’s Monumens de la Vie Privee des Douze Cesars, Chez Sabellus, Capri (Monuments of the Private Lives of 12 Caesars, Leclerc, Nancy) 1780. From imaginary Spintria, medals and cameos.

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