the first wife of the emperor Claudius, who divorced her on account of her lewd conduct, and of her being suspected of murder. She bore two children during her marriage. Drusus, who died at Pompeii in A. D. 20 [DRUSUS, No. 23], and Claudia, whom she had by a freedman of Claudius. and who was therefore exposed by command of the emperor. (Suet. Cl. 26, 27.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890