Poppea  Sabina [? - 65 CE murdered]

Ambitious mistress & 2nd wife of Nero, who stomped her to death.
Prompted him to kill his mother [Agrippina] & teacher [Seneca].
Former wife of Otho, who briefly became emperor after Nero's death.
Mother of Nero's only child, Claudia Augusta, who died as infant.

References: Josephus, Life 3.
                   Tacitus, Annals 13.45-46; 14.1, 61, 63-65; 15:23; 16:6-7
                   Suetonius, Twelve Caesars: Nero 35; Otho 3

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