Claudia Acte was a freedwoman of ancient Rome who was the mistress of the emperor Nero. Jump to: navigation, search A freedman is a former slave who has been manumitted or emancipated. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ancient Rome was a civilization that existed in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East between 753 BC and its downfall in AD 476. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (December 15, 37–June 9, 68), born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called (50–54) Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. ...

She was supposed to have come from Asia Minor, and may have belonged to Claudius. In 55 AD, encouraged by Seneca the Younger and against Agrippina the Younger's wishes, Nero took her as his mistress, but after 58 Poppaea replaced her in his affections. Records of her household, and estates in Italy and Sardinia, attest to considerable wealth. After the death of Nero, she gave him a proper Roman burial (burning his body on a stake with a coin on each eye) and deposited his remains in the tomb of the Domitii. Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. ... Jump to: navigation, search A statue of Emperor Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 1, 10 BC–October 13, 54), originally known as Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, 41 to his death in 54. ... For other uses, see number 55. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (ca. ... Jump to: navigation, search Julia Vipsania Agrippina Minor or Agrippina Minor (Latin for the younger) (November 6, AD 15 or 16 – March 59), often called Agrippinilla to distinguish her from her mother, was the daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina Major. ... For other uses, see number 58. ... Poppaea Poppaea Sabina (died 65) was the second wife of the Roman Emperor Nero. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sardinia (Sardigna, Sardinna or Sardinnia in the Sardinian language, Sardegna in Italian, Sardenya in Catalan), is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica. ...

References

• Tacitus, Annals, 13.12
• Suetonius, Nero