Messalina considered Agrippina ’ s son a threat to her son ’ s position and sent assassins to strangle Lucius during his siesta.

The assassins left in terror because a snake suddenly darted from beneath Lucius ’ pillow — but it was only a sloughed-off snake-skin in his bed, near his pillow.

This was a part of Agrippina ’ s scheming plan to make Lucius the new emperor.

In the months leading up to her marriage to Claudius, Agrippina's maternal second cousin, the praetor Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus, was betrothed to Claudius ’ daughter Claudia Octavia.

* Lucius Annaeus Seneca-Nero ’ s tutor ( Dio. Tac )

** Lucius Silanus was betrothed to Octavia, Claudius ’ daughter before his marriage of Agrippina.

Hadrian ’ s elder sister and only sibling was Aelia Domitia Paulina, married with the triple consul Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus, his niece was Julia Serviana Paulina and his great-nephew was Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator, from Barcino ( Barcelona ).

Although Lucius accepted Afonso ’ s feudal homage on 1 May 1144, and excused him from appearing in person, he did not acknowledge Afonso as King of Portugal, but instead as Dux Portugallensis.

Finally, the city of Corneto, formally belonging to the Papal States, was restored to the papacy during Lucius ’ pontificate by a formal deed on 20 November 1144.

Lucius II, on the advice of his cardinals, was unwilling to accept Roger ’ s demands and rejected them.

This forced the Romans to capitulate, and in September 1144, Lucius agreed to Roger ’ s terms, negotiating a seven-year truce.

While waiting for Conrad ’ s reply, Lucius decided to take matters into his own hands.

Cinna ’ s son, the younger Lucius Cornelius Cinna, fled Italy when Sulla returned, most likely to Spain.

Niger therefore decided to act aggressively, and sent a force into Thrace where it defeated a part of Severus ’ army under Lucius Fabius Cilo at Perinthus.

Virton was mentioned for the first time in Pope Lucius III ’ s bull of 1183 as a fiefdom of the House of Chiny.

At Caesar ’ s instigation, Labienus accused Gaius Rabirius of high treason ( perduellio ) for the murder of the tribune Lucius Appuleius Saturninus and of his uncle Titus Labienus in 100 BC.

In the comedy of manners play, The Rivals ( 1775 ), Richard Brinsley Sheridan ( 1751 – 1816 ) identifies a violent aristocrat as ‘ that bloodthirsty Philistine, Sir Lucius O ’ Trigger ’.

During Lucius ’ mature life he ran for the consulate many times.

After these events the army had a general lack of spirit, which Lucius ’ second term would help to raise.

He succeeded, defeating Caesar ’ s preferred consular candidate, Lucius Lucceius.

When her father died on 7 March 161, her husband and Lucius Verus succeeded to her father ’ s throne and became co-rulers.

From his daughter ’ s marriages, he had at least two grandchildren who were a younger Lucius Caninius Gallus and Antonia.

When the Arch of Pavia was erected to honor the Imperial clan in 8, Claudius ' name ( now Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus after his elevation to paterfamilias of Claudii Nerones on the adoption of his brother ) was inscribed on the edge — past the deceased princes, Gaius and Lucius, and Germanicus ' children.

Its hero, Lucius (" shining, light "), changes his name and persona to Brutus (" dull, stupid "), playing the role of a fool to avoid the fate of his father and brothers, and eventually slaying his family's killer, King Tarquinius.

Livy claims that his original Etruscan name was Lucumo, but since Lucumo ( Etruscan Lucius ) is the Etruscan word for " King ", there is reason to believe that Priscus ' name and title have been confused in the official tradition.

: Lucius Afranius was also the name of a consul of 60 BC.

* Lucius Septimius Bassianus ( Caracalla ), age 7, changed his name to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to solidify connections with the family of Marcus Aurelius and is given the title Caesar.

The emperor now changed his name to Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus.

St. Lucius was born in Rome at an unknown date ; nothing is known about his family except his father's name, Porphyrianus.

He probably took his name in honor of Pope Lucius I, who was commemorated a few days prior to Gherardo's consecration.

The proliferation of men carrying the same name can complicate prosopography ; for instance, in the early 1st century BC, three prominent men were named Lucius Valerius Flaccus: the consul of 100 BC, the suffect consul of 86 BC, and the latter's son, who was defended by Cicero ( Pro Flacco ).

The 9th-century " Historia Brittonum " sees in Lucius a translation of the Celtic name Llever Maur ( Great Light ), says that the envoys of Lucius were Fagan and Wervan, and tells us that with this king all the other island kings ( reguli Britanniæ ) were baptized ( Hist.

Finally, Waldo was excommunicated by Pope Lucius III during the synod held at Verona in 1184, and the doctrine of the Poor of Lyons was again condemned by the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 where they are mentioned by name for the first time, and regarded as heresy.

As for Lucius ' name, Frances Yates speculates that he may be named after Saint Lucius, who introduced Christianity into Britain.

Bassianus ' name probably came from Lucius Septimius Bassianus, better known as Caracalla, a major figure in Africanus, who, like Bassianus in the play, fights with his brother over succession, one appealing to primogeniture and the other to popularity.

The city was allegedly founded by the Romans in the 3rd century BC, with the name of Matheola after the consul Lucius Caecilius Metellus.

Other surnames may have arisen from more than one source: the name " De Luca ", for instance, likely arose either in or near Lucania or in the family of someone named Lucas or Lucius ; in some instances, however, the name may have arisen from Lucca, with the spelling and pronunciation changing over time and with emigration.

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Its name is in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, member of the United States Senate from Mississippi.

: Lucius Afranius was also the name of a comic poet of the 90s BC.

* Lucius Scribonius Libo Drusus, son of Marcus Livius Drusus Libo, is by name a conundrum.