person
Lucius Junius Silanus
Silanus
Roman noble betrothed to Claudius's daughter Octavia, driven to suicide in AD 49 amid Agrippina's intrigues; the satire blames Claudius for killing his 'son-in-law' over a slighted name.
Reading notes
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §8 Silanus
Lucius Junius Silanus, betrothed to Octavia, hounded to death in AD 49; the satire makes him Claudius's victim over a slighted divine name.
- Octavia §138 Silanus
Lucius Silanus, betrothed to Octavia, driven to suicide so that she could be married to Nero.