[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

The relatives of the emperor will always receive all kinds of preferential treatment, even the deified Augustus, after the death of Mark Anthony, directly deprived him, Cleopatra, and his second wife, Fu Sylvia's children's inheritance rights, and then all the property of the Antony family was handed over to his guardian sister Antonia to inherit.

And when Claudius was in power, relying on her husband's power, Messalina was no longer satisfied with plundering money and land, and was even more ambitious to interfere with the decisions of Claudius and even the Senate.

Octavia's grandmother Little Dominia was deeply dissatisfied with this, and even warned Messalina more than once not to play with fire.

Powerful as Livia Drusula and noble as Julia Caesares, they all paid the price for their actions, not to mention Messalina, who is far inferior in brains and status to both.

Even Octavia sometimes couldn't understand where Messalina's self-confidence came from.

After all, when Caligula exiled his sisters, he left a famous saying.

"I have both an island and a sword."

As she grew older, Octavia was very worried that Messalina would completely anger Claudius one day. After all, for the latter, the former had already fulfilled the most important marital obligations.In the case where the father is still alive, unless the family power of the matriarchal line is far greater than that of the patrilineal line, the custody of the children will be awarded to the father.

Besides, for Messalina, bringing two children would only delay her from having fun, so when the young Octavia proposed to live alone, neither Claudius nor Messalina would agree. He readily agreed, and even arranged a nice villa and servants for her.

The biggest advantage of being born in ancient Roman society is that children are always required to behave like adults, especially after the appearance of Augustus, whether they are nobles or free people, they all prefer those precocious and independent children. It also caused the peers Octavia came into contact with to always pretend to be old-fashioned and put on a face, and then recite poems that they didn't even understand.

"My hut, Davia, never says those obscure and bitter things." Every time Claudius talks about his two children, he can't help admiring his little daughter: "She is like O Gustus's sister is alive, and there is no better and more suitable girl in this world to be a wife."

Even with Augustas like Livia Drusula and Octavia's grandmother, Antonia Jr., men in ancient Rome still favored virtuous and chaste women.Even if they admired the courage of the Matronas in the Augustan period to hold a speech in the Julius Guild Hall in order to resist Augustus's taxation of married noble women during the war.

But when he really came to his own home, an ignorant wife would save a lot of trouble.

However, Octavia is not an ignorant ancient Roman woman who is only willing to be a good wife.The reason why she doesn't talk about philosophy in front of outsiders is because she is not interested, and because it is useless to her.

As the emperor's daughter, Octavia will never lack invitations from high-end salons. Even if she is an idiot who can't even speak Greek, there will be beautiful young people who will praise her as if she is a muse.

Messalina can understand Octavia's actions very well, because she also hates reading those things, but she doesn't understand that Octavia clearly hates philosophy, but still has to read many works by Seneca.

"What's so good about that old man with two faces? While advocating a simple life, he made a lot of wealth by relying on his relationship with your father." Since Messalina couldn't stop Claudius from Agrippina's daughters were taken back to Rome, so they could only find other entertainment to divert their attention.One day, she entered Octavia's study on a whim, and before flipping through the parchment twice, she threw it aside with a face full of headaches, and complained to her daughter, "If you have the time, you might as well be with me." Go to the salon or the arena, there is much more interesting than the boring study."

After all, Messalina smiled like a naughty child, winked at Octavia and said: "My dear Octavia, as long as you are willing to leave this dreary study room, come with me to see For a gladiatorial match, I am willing to buy you two gladiators."

An ordinary gladiator was worth two thousand dinars, equivalent to a month's salary for a hundred Roman soldiers.

Not to mention those popular gladiators who are not inferior to professional killers, they can be called precious beasts with no market.

From Tiberius to Claudius, the men of the Augustus family liked to keep killers in captivity, so Messalina followed suit, but the gladiators she bought were not used On the right way, most of them became Messelina's guests on the bed.

"I don't want second-hand things you used." Octavia never wanted the people around her to have slept with Messalina: "If my father knew that you gave me your gladiator, he would definitely use it." A whip soaked in salt water will lash you hard."

Messalina once asked her new favorite to play with Octavia, who was only three years old, but was caught by Claudius who was visiting her children, and then the poor male slave was hanged in Messalina In the middle of the courtyard, even Messalina herself was locked in the dungeon by Claudius, and Messalina was not released until Octavia sent a female slave to ask her grandfather for help.

Messalina, who was punctured by her daughter, tapped Octavia's forehead with her fingertips, and said very dissatisfied: "I would have invited Brittanicus if I knew it, why should I be treated here as you?" Do you train like a daughter? Who is the mother between the two of us?"

"I swear to the river of Styx, all the offensive words I said to you are out of concern for you." Octavia always felt that Messalina was like a child who didn't grow up, she always They all live smoothly, so they don't cherish everything in their hands: "Please cherish your father's tolerance for you! If it were Augustus and Tiberius, would you still be able to live the happy life you are now?"

"So what? This is what Claudius owes me." Mentioning her husband, Messalina could complain for three days and three nights: "Who wants to marry an old man with a wrinkled face? Your father told me During the years of intercourse, two strong eunuchs are needed to push hard behind. If you marry a man who is 30 years older than you, watching his wrinkled old hands caress your youthful body, You will be the same as me now, every time I think of it, I feel extremely disgusted."

"But apart from Augustus, there are no young people in the Senate, unless he can become emperor." Octavia is more open-minded than Messalina, so she has to work hard to grasp everything: " I am the emperor's daughter, a direct descendant of the Claudius family. My father will not let me marry a man who is far inferior to the Claudius family like Caesar's sisters."

Speaking of this, Octavia pointedly said: "Mother, do you know why father took little Agrippina and Livia back, and then handed over little Agrippina's son Nero to Serbia?" Nieka in charge?"

Messalina stared directly at Octavia's light-colored pupils, feeling faint in her heart.

"Father hopes that I can marry Nero, and then monitor his every move." Octavia was informed of the secret by her father before Claudius gave the order, because for Claudius Speaking, Octavia is much more useful than Messalina and Brittany Kus combined.

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Matrona: A collective term for powerful noblewomen.

Nero's name before being adopted by Claudius was Lucius Domitius. For some reason, he is still called Nero here.

Livia Drusula: Wife of Augustus, mother of Tiberius, the first ancient Roman woman to be named Augusta.

Little Antonia: The youngest daughter of Mark Antony and Cabin Davia, she was the uncrowned Augusta during the reign of Tiberius and Caligula.

Styx River: The river of the underworld. Legend has it that even the gods cannot renege on the oath made by this river.

Agrippina the Minor: The second daughter of Agrippina the Great and the mother of Nero.

Dinar: The common currency of ancient Rome, equivalent to four sesterces.

Warning: The heroine is not a real little white flower, she can pretend and has a slightly anti-social personality.Although she traveled through time, she learned the stinky habits of ancient Roman nobles.