Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Acté

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The favourite concubine of the Roman emperor Nero. She was originally a slave from Asia Minor, but after Nero became infatuated with her he pretended that she was the descendant of King Attalus, and at one time even thought of marrying her (Suet. Nero, 28, 50).

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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