[The following is in relation to one of the victims of the Roman Emperor Claudius Caesar’s third wife, Valeria Messalina.]
>Appius Silanus was one of the first to experience this firsthand. He had married Messalina’s mother, Domitia Lepida, while at the same time enjoying the friendship of the Emperor Claudius. In fact Silanus was a well-liked man tipped for high office, but disaster struck when the young Messalina made it known that she found him attractive. Spurning her advances, Silanus attempted to explain that he was her stepfather as well as being a close friend of her husband’s. Humiliated, Messalina swore she would have her revenge. She inveigled the help of a servant called Narcissus who told the Emperor of a dream he had had in which Silanus had stabbed Claudius through the heart with a dagger. Adding fuel to the fire, Messalina then told Claudius of a similar dream in which Silanus had attempted to kill the Emperor and thus succeed to the throne himself. Never one to turn his back on signs and portents, Claudius felt he had no option but to have Silanus killed.
Source:
Klein, Shelley. “Valeria Messalina.” The Most Evil Women in History. Barnes & Noble Books, 2003. 38. Print.
Further Reading:
Domitia Lepida / Domitia Lepida the Younger / Domitia Lepida Minor
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
You take away their little brooms
There hasn't been a post all year!
It was about a weak back.
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
