HISTORY
The Sexually Insatiable Messalina
As written by the patriarchy determined to cast her as a villain
Emperor Claudius leaned back on his banquet couch. His belly full from a feast and his eyes glazed in carnal satisfaction. The guard trembled before him as he delivered the news. He feared the worst. Instead, a strange smile played on the lips of the Emperor.
“Bring me another chalice of wine!” he demanded.
With that, news of Valeria Messalina’s death, his third wife, passed into the history books. No tears were shed by her husband and Emperor, the all-conquering Master of Rome.
Long live Messalina
Messalina has a storied history. Her infamy lives on in tales of warning. She is forever smeared by the wagging tongues of Rome who needed a villain to destroy a bloodline. To call a woman “a Messalina” indicated a devious and sexually voracious personality, one whose moral code veered far from the center.
Her fame survived throughout the years' thanks to the savage works of art and literature that have perpetuated into modern times. This…
