Albucilla

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Albucilla (1st-century) was a Roman noblewoman, the wife of Satrius Secundus, and was known for having had many lovers. [1]

In the last year of the reign of the emperor Tiberius, 37 AD, she was accused of treason, or impiety, against the emperor (Latin : impietatis in principem) along with Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Vibius Marsus, and Lucius Arruntius, and imprisoned by command of the senate after attempting suicide. [2]

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  1. Smith, William (1867). "Albucilla". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 94. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008.
  2. Tacitus, Annales vi. 47, 48

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Smith, William (1870). "Secundus, Satrius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 3. p. 94.