Poppaea Sabina

Poppaea Sabina
Augusta
White bust
Bust of Poppaea Sabina at Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
Roman empress
Tenure62 AD – 65 AD
Born30 AD
Pompeii, Italy
Died65 AD (aged 34–35)
Rome, Italy
Burial
Tomb of the Julii, Rome
Spouses
Issue
DynastyJulio-Claudian (by marriage)
FatherTitus Ollius
MotherPoppaea Sabina the Elder

Poppaea Sabina (30 AD – 65 AD), also known as Ollia,[1] was a Roman empress as the second wife of the emperor Nero. She had also been wife to the future emperor Otho. The historians of antiquity describe her as a beautiful woman who used intrigues to become empress.[2]

The large Villa Poppaea at Oplontis near Pompeii bears her name because of the archaeological finds there. It has been largely excavated and can be visited today.

  1. ^ Dacre Balsdon, John Percy Vyvian (1983). Roman Women: Their History and Habits. Barnes & Noble. p. 347. ISBN 9780064640626.
  2. ^ Tacitus, Annals XIII.45–46, XIV.63–64, XVI.6