THE ROMAN POISONER AND EARLIEST SERIAL KILLER #history #shorts #crime
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THE ROMAN POISONER AND EARLIEST SERIAL KILLER #history #shorts #crime

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Locusta of Gaul was Rome’s deadliest poisoner in the 1st century A.D. It remains mysterious how Locusta ended up in Rome.
Her expert ability led her to mix lethal concoctions that took down several members of Rome’s imperial court.
In 54 AD, Agrippina ordered Locusta to supply poison for the murder of her husband, Emperor Claudius, so that her son, Nero, would be emperor.
Locusta prepared the poison, but it failed to act swiftly. Agrippina took matters into her own hands, ensuring Claudius’s death by poisoning him a second time.
In 55 AD, Nero called upon her to concoct a poison for the murder of Claudius’s son, Britannicus.
When the initial poison proved slow, Nero threatened Locusta with execution. She then provided a quicker-acting poison that succeeded.
Nero rewarded her with a full pardon and large country estates, where he sent pupils to learn her craft.
After Nero’s suicide, Emperor Galba condemned Locusta to death during his brief reign. She is regarded today as one of history`s earliest serial killers, as she was known to try out her concoctions on slaves or animals first.
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