63 years ago:
Messalina (IT)
Original title: Messalina Venere imperatrice
Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British...
1960-03-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/211292
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Jack Oleck’s 1959 novel Messalina belongs to a rather interesting sub-genre which we could perhaps call historical sleaze fiction - historical fiction with the emphasis on sex, sin and scandal. The book is undoubtedly wildly inaccurate historically but it's fun trash.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2022/06/jack-olecks-messalina.html

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