Poisoning in ancient Rome

F. P. Retief; L. Cilliers

doi:10.4102/satnt.v19i1.736

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Poisoning in ancient Rome

F. P. Retief, L. Cilliers

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F. P. Retief,, South Africa
L. Cilliers,, South Africa

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Abstract

Recorded instances of poisoning in ancient Rome were studied. The firs t such event was in 33l BC when, concurrent with a serious epidemic, 170 women were formed guilty of mass poisoning. Historians reported a subsequent increase in deliberate poisoning, which appeared to reach an alarming peak during the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the reign of Nero in particular.

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