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Poppaea



         


Poppaea Sabina (died 65) was the second wife of the Roman Emperor Nero.

It is said that while she was awaiting the birth of her second child, Nero flew into in a fit of rage and kicked her in the abdomen, so causing her death.

The opera L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi concerns her life.






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