Albucilla (1st-century) was a Roman noblewoman, the wife of
Satrius Secundus
Satrius Secundus was a dependent of Sejanus in the 1st century Roman empire. He accused Aulus Cremutius Cordus in 25 AD. He afterwards betrayed his master, and gave information to Tiberius of the conspiracy which Sejanus had formed against him. ...
, and was known for having had many lovers.
In the last year of the reign of the emperor
Tiberius
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...
, 37 AD, she was accused of
treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...
, or impiety, against the emperor ( la, impietatis in principem) along with
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus,
Vibius Marsus, and
Lucius Arruntius. As a result, she was imprisoned by command of the
senate
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after making an unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide
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.
Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historiography, Roman historians by modern scholars.
The surviving portions of his t ...
, ''Annales
Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts.
List of works with titles contai ...
'' vi. 47, 48
See also
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Albucia gens
The gens Albucia or Albutia was a minor plebeian family at Ancient Rome family, known from the late second century BC to the first century AD. This gens may have been of Ligurian or Gallic origin, as one of the best-known individuals of this nam ...
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1st-century Roman women
Romans from unknown gentes
Albucii
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