Caesonia

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Milonia Caesonia was the fourth wife of the Emperor Caligula. She was several year his senior. She is thought to be a prostitute in her early years as well as a daughter of a prostitute. Initially, Caesonia lived with Caligula as his mistress. He later married her during the summer of 39 AD. She bore him a daughter a month later who was named Julia Drusilla, in honor of his dead sister. Suetonius states that Caligula would parade Caesonia in front of his troops and sometimes naked in front of select friends. He would jokingly threaten to torture or kill her, on occasion, as an odd form of affection. Nonetheless, Caligula appears to have been at last devoted to someone, but time was running out. Caesonia and her daughter, Julia, were both murdered at the same time Caligula was assassinated on January 24th, 41AD. She died bravely offering her next to her assassin and asking for a quick dispatch

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