[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

Once the news spread that the descendants of Augustus were going back to Rome, none was the most furious than Claudius' Queen Messalina.She changed her expression almost as soon as she heard the news, and then cut the face of a new favorite with her pointed nails, kicked away the slave who was massaging her legs, and smashed a vase on the other's body, like A lunatic yelled: "Drag him out to me. If anyone dares to mention the names of a few bitches in front of me, I will let him feed the lions in the arena."

The slave who was kicked to the heart by Messalina reluctantly grabbed the ground with her head. Before being dragged out by two strong male slaves, she looked at Octavia who was pretending to be reading with pleading eyes. The reader sighed while putting away the parchment, and said to Messalina's anger: "If father wants to mention this to you tonight, do you want father to take his guard captain to the arena?" Feed the lions?"

You know, the sluts that Messalina is talking about are all the nieces of the Roman emperor Claudius. After exiling their elder brother, the tyrant Caligula, who was assassinated, the new emperor automatically became their guardian.It seems that there is not much difference from when Caligula was in power, except that the elder brother has become an uncle, and they are all men from the Claudius family anyway.

The greatest advantage of Messalina is her endless patience with her children, especially when what Octavia said is reasonable, her anger comes and goes quickly, making Octavia Chance gave the slaves present a wink, telling them to back down silently, so as not to touch Messalina's bad luck again.

"I really want to drain the blood of those sluts, so that they don't have the capital to be arrogant." Messalina sat back in her seat decadently, and said in a rage, "Maybe I should give them a clue." The crime of going to Pluto’s palace, you think it’s messy, what about Lun’s reason? The incident between the three sisters and Caligula is well known, and it’s perfect for execution.”

"But the problem is that it was Caligula himself who exiled them. And with the 'Three Daggers Alliance' in front, the citizens of Rome would believe that they were forced by Caligula to commit such a crime. Octavia said sharply: "Don't forget how Lucilla died. If you really use this reason to attack them, you will expose your purpose too nakedly."

"I said that you are talking about these things now, it is too worrying." Brittany Kus, the only one who could not get Messalina's anger point, said foolishly: "No matter how much they catch your eye, they are just women. Can the Roman Empire still have a female emperor? What Livia Drusula failed to do, how could two women who were exiled three times be able to do it?"

"But the problem is that they are the direct descendants of Augustus, and they are women of childbearing age." Octavia looked at Brittanicus with an idiot's eyes, which made the emperor's only son quite embarrassed. Annoyed, but it was too late to retort: ​​"Don't forget why Tiberius exiled Agrippina the Great, and why did we kill our uncle and several cousins? Once those two women found a family that hit it off, Then they will give birth to candidates for the emperor at any time."

Speaking of this, Octavia laughed at herself: "After all, our family's throne came from this. Among other things, there is a ready-made heir beside little Agrippina, and he is the orthodox Augustus." All descendants, the succession advantage to the throne is even higher than that of you and your father."

"Octavia is right at all." Feeling that she was understood, Messalina looked at Octavia excitedly and approvingly, and said with pride: "As expected of my child, who inherited My excellent mind and beauty are nothing like your stupid and dull father."

To judge a reigning Roman emperor with such contempt was extremely offensive, and might even invite the death penalty.However, the marriage between Messalina and Claudius existed in name only after Britannicus was born. Extraordinary behavior turns a blind eye and seeks comfort in the arms of a lover.

It is also because of the particularity of Brittany Kus as for Claudius, coupled with the impression that Claudius gave people in the early years, so Brittany Kus has always been not very smart , It can even be called too simple: "Since mother is afraid of them, then let them continue to be exiled. Is it necessary to be so obsessed?"

After all, Brittanicus glared at Octavia with some dissatisfaction, and some complained that this precocious sister often made him look like a fool.

Messalina never admitted that Brittanicus's stupidity was her fault, it must be Claudius's bad inheritance.I didn't see how smart and lovable Octavia, who was as beautiful as her, was.

If Octavia was a boy, Messalina didn't have to worry about it at all: "Of course I want to exile them, otherwise why do you think they come back now."

"In fact, as early as after Caligula was assassinated and killed, my lord father deliberately summoned the daughters of Agrippina the Great, but before their carriage had time to pass through the gates of Rome, my lord mother used the emperor's funeral drive them out of Rome.” Although it happened when Octavia was two years old, one only needs to ask a little about her loving mother and grandparents to understand a lot of the inside story.

Speaking of this, Octavia looked at Brittanicus thoughtfully, making the other party a little puzzled: "Speaking of which, it was thanks to you that they were driven out of Rome by their mother a few years ago."

"I?"

"Because I used you and Octavia to threaten your father. If he dares to bring back the daughters of Great Agrippina, I will take you and Octavia and jump into the Mediterranean Sea." Messer interfacing Lina was a little bit offended and said: "This trick was quite useful at the time. Even if your father was very angry, he could only let me drive those two bitches out of Rome and comfort me. Those old pickpockets in the Senate."

Children have always been the most advantageous means for Messalina to restrain Claudius.

The emperor of the Roman Empire has passed the optimal age for continuing his heirs. However, among his four wives, only the current Messalina and the second Great Ugrania have legal children.

Octavia has never seen a father who is almost obedient to her and Brittanicus, and has a good look at the half-sister born to Great Ukrania, Gein Claudius The reason for the divorce with Grand Ukrania was the latter's scandal and suspicion of murder, so some people have always claimed that Grand Ukrania's daughter was born to a freed slave with Claudius, and was not Claudius' child at all. .

It is also because of the mystery of the birth of the daughter of Great Ugulania that Claudius has never written the eldest daughter born to his ex-wife into his will list, and he has not even allowed the other party to use the name Claudia. , so others can only call it Little Ukrania.

This means that Octavia and Brittanicus from Messalina are the only two legal heirs of Claudius.

Although Messalina has a dissolute nature, but under the lesson of Great Ukrania, she stayed honestly under the eyes of Claudius during the period of pregnancy and childbirth. Little Dominia, the mother of her mother, took care of several female slaves who were loyal to Claudius, and it was absolutely impossible to leave any handle to question her child's lineage.

And as time goes by, the shadows of Claudius and little Antonia (Claudius' mother) can also be seen in the two children with gradually opened facial features.

Messalina has always regretted that Octavia was not born before the death of little Antonia, otherwise, with Octavia's appearance, she would definitely be liked by little Antonia, and then she would inherit a large amount of property from the other party.

You must know that she was Augustus's favorite niece and inherited most of his father Mark Anthony's property.

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Octavia: Claudius and his fourth wife, the eldest daughter of the first queen Messalina, and the first wife of Nero.

Brittanicus: Octavia's younger brother, Claudius' only son.

Messalina: A descendant of Via the Cabin, the daughter and fourth wife of Claudius's cousin.

Agrippina the Great: Granddaughter of Augustus, sister-in-law of Claudius, and grandmother of Nero.

In terms of matrilineal blood, Nero is Octavia's cousin, and both are descendants of Augustus' wife Livia.In terms of paternal blood, the common ancestral house Davia (the sister of Augustus and the wife of Mark Anthony) makes them distant cousins.