Poppaea

Family

Poppaea Sabina the Elder, Poppaea's mother, was a distinguished woman, described by Tacitus as wealthy and "the loveliest woman of her day". After the death of Ollius she married Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio the Elder; the remarriage gave Poppaea the Younger a stepbrother, Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio the Younger, and a half-brother, Publius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus. In 47 AD Poppaea the Elder was caught up in Roman Empress Valeria Messalina's political campaign against Decimus Valerius Asiaticus. Baselessly accused of adultery with Asiaticus, she likewise died by suicide.