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Coordinates | 1°29′00″N103°44′00″N |
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Name | Milonia Caesonia |
Imgw | 200px |
Caption | Milonia Caesonia from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum" |
Succession | Empress consort of the Roman Empire |
Reign | AD 39 - 24 January AD 41(2 years) |
Reign-type | Tenure |
House | Julio-Claudian Dynasty (by marriage) |
Spouse | Caligula |
Issue | 3 daughtersJulia Drusilla |
Mother | Vistilia |
Death date | 24 January AD 41 |
Death place | Palatine Hill, Rome |
Milonia Caesonia (died 24 January AD 41) was the fourth and last wife of the Roman Emperor Caligula.
Coming from modest origins, Caesonia was a daughter of Vistilia. Her younger half-brother was the Roman Consul and General Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. Her niece, Domitia Longina, married the future Roman Emperor Domitian.
Little is written of Caesonia. Suetonius says that when Caligula married her she was neither beautiful nor young, and was the mother of three daughters by another man. She was pregnant when they married and gave birth to Julia Drusilla only one month later; Suetonius, on the other hand, says she gave birth on their wedding day.
Suetonius states that Caligula would parade Caesonia in front of his troops and sometimes naked in front of select friends.
In 41, Caligula was struck down by assassins while attending a private theatrical performance. Caesonia and her daughter Julia Drusilla were murdered just hours after Caligula's demise. According to Josephus, she died bravely. Struck with grief at her husband's death, she willingly offered her neck to the assassin and told him to kill her without hesitation.
Milonia Caesonia died on 24 January 41.
Category:6 births Category:41 deaths Category:41 crimes Category:1st-century Romans Category:Ancient Roman women Category:Courtesans of antiquity Category:Julio-Claudian Dynasty Category:Murdered Roman empresses Category:Deaths by stabbing
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