Marcus Aurelius Cotta Maximus Messalinus
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Marcus Aurelius Cotta Maximus Messalinus was a Roman who lived in the 1st century. He served as a senator during the Julio-Claudian dynasty
and became consul in 20. He was the great-uncle to the Empress Lollia Paulina
, who was Emperor Caligula
’s third wife; and her sister Lollia Saturnina. Messalinus was the brother to Paulina’s paternal grandmother.
Julio-Claudian Dynasty
The Julio-Claudian dynasty normally refers to the first five Roman Emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula , Claudius, and Nero, or the family to which they belonged; they ruled the Roman Empire from its formation, in the second half of the 1st century BC, until AD 68, when the last of the line,...
and became consul in 20. He was the great-uncle to the Empress Lollia Paulina
Lollia Paulina
Lollia Paulina was a noble Roman woman who lived in the 1st century, and for six months in AD 38 was a Roman Empress as the third wife of the Emperor Caligula.-Life:...
, who was Emperor Caligula
Caligula
Caligula , also known as Gaius, was Roman Emperor from 37 AD to 41 AD. Caligula was a member of the house of rulers conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Emperor Tiberius, was a very successful general and one of Rome's most...
’s third wife; and her sister Lollia Saturnina. Messalinus was the brother to Paulina’s paternal grandmother.
Source
- TacitusTacitusPublius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors...
, The Annals of Imperial Rome