Arab Mistress Messalina May 2026
While Claudius hobbled through the palace, distracted by history and gout, Messalina built a parallel court. She sold governorships, orchestrated assassinations (including that of the great scholar Seneca was nearly executed on her orders), and amassed a fortune that rivaled the imperial treasury.
Is this possible? Unlikely.
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