# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/messalina
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:26:22.367Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/messalina"
name: "Messalina"
slug: "messalina"
description: "The third wife of Emperor Claudius, executed at roughly thirty for allegedly plotting against him — but remembered less for the conspiracy than for a reputation for sexual excess that may say more about Roman political smear campaigns than historical fact."
tagline: "Roman empress (c.AD 17/20–48); 3rd wife of Claudius"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Messalinaandbritannicus.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "20"
deathDate: "48"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Valeria Messalina was born around 17 or 20 AD into the inner circle of imperial Rome: a paternal cousin of Nero, second cousin of Caligula, great-grandniece of Augustus. She married Claudius and became empress, wielding real power in a court that watched her closely. Ancient sources painted her as dangerously promiscuous, though the portrait likely served someone's political advantage. In 48, accused of conspiring against the emperor, she was executed. The charges may have been theatre, but the legend stuck — art and literature have kept the scandalous version alive for two thousand years, long after the truth became irretrievable.