Locusta

He enlisted the help of the same poisoner, Locusta, who had supposedly prepared the toxin that killed Claudius.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

Cotton has recast the narrative of Dennis Spooner's TV script into epistolary/diary form: letters from Ian Chesterton to his headmaster, the Doctor's own diary, letters from Ascalis the assassin and Locusta the poisoner, and contributions also from Barbara, the Emperor Nero, and Nero's wife Poppæa (but not Vicki); the whole thing framed in a covering note by Tacitus (obviously written several decades later).

Getting older nwhyte 2008

As has been told, Asie, that skilled Locusta, had given him a dose of poison so qualified as to produce the effects of a dreadful illness.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

Asie was terrifying, but you knew her thoroughly from the first; she descended in a straight line from Locusta; while Europe filled you with uneasiness, which could not fail to increase the more you had to do with her; her corruption seemed boundless.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

Locusta hadn't touched it; but I will call on him at Rome, and think I shall be able to stir him up, and at the same time I shall ask M. Taurus, who is now at Rome, and whom I am told promised to allow you to do so, about making a watercourse through his property.

The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero

But I understood that it could not be taken in any other direction, particularly as you did not wish it to go through the property of Locusta or Varro.

The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero

He employed for this purpose a woman named Locusta, who had been a witness against some persons guilty of like practices.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

He gave Locusta a pardon, and rewarded her with a great estate in land, placing some disciples with her, to be instructed in her trade.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Nero employed one of these women, Locusta by name, and after she had poisoned Britannicus, rewarded her with a great estate in land, and placed disciples with her to be instructed in her nefarious trade.

Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine James Sands Elliott

Messalina, Locusta, Lucretia, Theodora, they step aside in this particular review of peccant women.

She Stands Accused 1935